Iran to hold war game on closure Hormuz Strait: MP

[T-Rex]

Iran to hold war game on closure Hormuz Strait: MP


13 December 2011 18:03
Wednesday 14 December 2011


“Currently, the Middle East region supplies 70 percent of the world’s energy needs, (most of) which are transported through the Strait of Hormuz. We will hold an exercise to close the Strait of Hormuz in the near future. If the world wants to make the region insecure, we will make the world insecure,” ISNA quoted Sorouri as saying on Tuesday.

Hossein Shariatmadari, the chief editor of the Kayhan newspaper, in the editorial of the December 13 edition of the daily, also said that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Islamic Republic has the right to close the Strait of Hormuz if its interests in the waterway are threatened.

Pointing to efforts made by certain Western countries to drum up support for the imposition of an oil embargo on Iran, he said that the UNCLOS allows Iran to close the waterway if it is deprived of its right to export oil.

If oil sanctions are imposed on Iran, there is no reason to allow the enemies that are known for their hostility toward Iran to ship oil through the strait, which lies within Iran’s territorial waters, he said.

Shariatmadari also cited excerpts of some articles of the UNCLOS to support his argument, which goes as follows:

Article 17 - Right of innocent passage
Subject to this Convention, ships of all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea.

Article 19 - Meaning of innocent passage:

Passage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State. Such passage shall take place in conformity with this Convention and with other rules of international law.

Article 25- Rights of protection of the coastal State:

A: The coastal State may take the necessary steps in its territorial sea to prevent passage which is not innocent.

B: The coastal State may, without discrimination in form or in fact among foreign ships, suspend temporarily in specified areas of its territorial sea the innocent passage of foreign ships if such suspension is essential for the protection of its security, including weapons exercises. Such suspension shall take effect only after having been duly published.

In conclusion, Shariatmadari said that if the United States, European countries, and their Asian allies like Japan impose oil sanctions on Iran, they will be effectively considered the enemies of the Islamic Republic and the passage of the tankers that carry oil for them cannot be regarded as “innocent”, so Iran can block the passage of the tankers to prevent the enemies, which seek to undermine its national security, from improving their capabilities.

Iran to hold war game on closure of Hormuz Strait: MP - Tehran Times

 

[poseidon]

The usa fifth fleet is just a sitting duck, us wont go to war with Iran as long as we have so many valuable equipment near there.

 

[HongWu]

Iran will need to fight for its life against US Navy. Air-Sea Battle is a concept for war not only against China but also against Iran. It is much more dangerous to Iran of course.

Now USA has Littoral Combat Ships in service for action in Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf. I expect Iran has speed boats packing ASM to deal with US Navy. Good thing they can mass produce their own C-802 / C-803 missiles with an indigenous Iranian small turbofan engine.

 

[T-Rex]

Iran will need to fight for its life against US Navy. Air-Sea Battle is a concept for war not only against China but also against Iran. It is much more dangerous to Iran of course.

Now USA has Littoral Combat Ships in service for action in Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf. I expect Iran has speed boats packing ASM to deal with US Navy. Good thing they can mass produce their own C-802 / C-803 missiles with an indigenous Iranian small turbofan engine.

I don't think the US can defeat Iran with conventional weapons. The fear is that they might resort to nuclear strike. The US is known for having no principle, it violates its own rules of engagement whenever it suits them, this is the way they are.

 

[Pksecurity]

Will the United States shoot itself in the foot through its sanctions against Iran? This question is not difficult to answer and immediate answer is in affirmative. The biggest lesson of history is that nations don’t learn any lesson. The cost of sanctions to the U.S. economy of expensive oil, was in the neighborhood of half a trillion dollars, caused by decades of sanctions on investment in Iran, Iraq, and Libya. The cost of the proposed sanctions is never mentioned. But the sanctions and the escalating costs of transportation of oil due to Hormuz blockade by Iran would draw the US into another misadventure. This could destabilize the region further into breeding grounds for US-hatred, extremism and terrorism. The Velayat in the Strait of Hormuz is no ordinary war-games and must be taken seriously. Read more at: National Security: The Velayat in the Strait of Hormuz is no ordinary war-games….

 

[T-Rex]

It is an interesting and very logical analysis of the situation. If Iran is unjustly punished the those who intend to punish will also face punishments, there's no doubt about it. Everything points to the fact that the tormentors will be tormented more than Iran.