Iran vows to make war messier

Iran has threatened to complicate war further as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz heat up again.

According to CNN, Iran is warning that it has additional ways to complicate matters for the United States if its control over the waterway is threatened. 

Even as the US declares a determination to break the deadlock, Iran is signalling it is prepared to fight for it.

In his latest message, Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf reiterated that his country intends to preserve the new “status quo” at the strait by asserting control even if Washington finds it “intolerable.”

“We have not even begun yet,” he warned.

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Seeking victories following heavy losses during the war, officials have made it clear that the Islamic Republic will retain control over the vital shipping lanes at the strait.

Ghalibaf’s message, posted amid negotiations and a day after the two sides clashed at the strait, underscores how far the Islamic Republic is willing to go to extract gains. 

Over the weekend, a senior Iranian military official said renewed conflict was “possible,” adding that “surprise measures are planned for the enemy, beyond their imagination.”

CNN further reports that the warnings echoed a statement issued last week by Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in which he declared his vision for the region – one in which the regime asserts “new management” over navigation in the Persian Gulf.

(CNN)