(In the 1st paragraph, 1st sentence, the official title was corrected: Foreign Minister.)
Washington (dpa-Afx)-After the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iran from closing the important street in Hormus. “If you do that, it would be another serious mistake. It would be economic suicide for you,” he said in an interview with the television station Fox News. The United States would have “opportunities” to deal with such a situation. He advised other countries to deal with such a scenario. “It would damage the economy of other countries much more than ours.” In his view, a closure of the Hormus street would be an escalation to which the USA and other nations would have to react.
Shortly before, the Iranian parliament had spoken out for closing the important sea path, as it was said by a member of the security committee in parliament. However, the final decision is not the parliament, but with the Supreme National Security Council. This is led by Iran’s highest leader Ajatollah Ali Chamenei.
The approximately 55 kilometer -wide meter between Iran and Oman is one of the most important shipping routes for global oil exports, for example for exports from Saudi Arabia – and because of the attacks of the United States, faults are to be feared on the oil market anyway./NGU/DP/He