‘Iran will not allow enriched nuclear material to leave the country’
Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei stated that Iran will not export enriched nuclear material and warned of retaliation if the U.S. conducts further strikes. The statement comes amid ongoing tensions and a U.S. naval blockade affecting trade routes.
Why it matters
Escalating rhetoric between Iran and the U.S. regarding nuclear capabilities and regional trade routes poses a significant risk to global energy security and geopolitical stability.
DUBAI Iran will not allow even a single particle of enriched nuclear material to leave the country, and there will be consequences in the event of any new U.S. strikes on the Islamic Republic, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said in televised remarks. U.S. launches task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran U.S. launches task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran The restrictions would expand on a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports during the two countries' eight-month war, in which Tehran has also restricted passage through the critical Strait of Hormuz trade route, choking global energy supplies U.S. launches task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran storyline 1 Mr. Rezaei was speaking to Lebanon's pro-Iranian Al Mayadeen TV after U.S.
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