“Apart from closing Strait of Hormuz, we have other options to stop oil flow if threatened,” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani told Tasnim. “Iran has plans in place that will neutralize the illegal U.S. sanctions against Iran’s oil exports,” Shamkhani said. But, fearing a price spike, it granted waivers to eight Iranian oil buyers when the sanctions on oil imports started last November. Iran often refers to regional countries and forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a “resistance axis”. “Iran is capable of confronting any military threat … Trump and Israel are well aware of Iran’s military might,” Shamkhani said.

Source: Pakistan Today February 23, 2019 14:58 UTC