Iran security chief Rezaee threatens to halt all Persian Gulf oil exports over US 'economic war'

Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that if the United States' 'economic war' against Iran continues, 'not a single drop of oil will be exported, neither through the Strait of Hormuz nor from anywhere in the Persian Gulf.' He added that Iran would treat any country's participation in or support for the US economic pressure campaign as 'an act of war.'

Why this matters. The statement hardens Iran's rhetoric into an explicit threat against all Gulf oil flows, not just Hormuz transit, raising the stakes for Gulf states weighing cooperation with new US sanctions.