US threats to impose “the toughest sanctions in history” to force Iran to buckle to its demands after nearly six months of war have raised the prospect of a new round of escalation in the Gulf.
How could Iran respond to the economic pressure?
Can Iran stop more oil getting out of the middle east?
Mohsen Rezaei, the former IRGC chief and secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has already threatened to shut down oil exports — one of Tehran’s main strategic approaches since the war began on February 28.
“If the economic war continues, not a single drop of oil will be exported, neither through the Strait of Hormuz nor from anywhere in the Gulf,” he said.
