The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned the United States against attacking Iranian vessels in regional waters, vowing to deliver a harsher response to any such move.
IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi said on Sunday that the war between the Islamic Republic of Iran and “the enemy” continues on both military and economic fronts.
“Naturally, in a war, they might hit one of our vessels. But we’ll hit harder,” he told the Fars news agency.
Reacting to the US military’s newly announced plan to disrupt Iran’s land-based supply routes under its so-called “Iron Gate” campaign, Mohebi said Washington “can never achieve the type of economic blockade it is seeking, whatever form it takes.”
He described the plan as “a play on words,” stressing that Iran had made the necessary arrangements to maintain trade and other ties with neighboring countries.
