Parliament is Recessed

The account: A spokesperson for the Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbia said in several media outlets that Iran will by no means allow the United States to interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz. In these remarks, he held the United States responsible for insecurity and the spread of war in the region, and said cooperation by some regional countries with the United States had increased the risk of war spreading. In another part of the same position, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that they would deal forcefully with any disruption or insecurity in the passage of commercial and tanker vessels carried out by the U.S. military, outside Iran’s designated route and without authorization from the armed forces. These remarks were reflected as a warning to the United States and also to the leaders of regional countries, and in some coverage, “logistical support” by certain countries was cited as an example of cooperation.

• The spokesperson for the Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbia said Iran will “by no means” allow the United States to interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz, and made this position in continuation of “previous warnings.”
• In one account, the same spokesperson said the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran would deal forcefully with any disruption or insecurity affecting the passage of commercial and tanker vessels by the U.S. military, “outside Iran’s designated route and without authorization from the armed forces.”
• In coverage by IRNA and ISNA, the sentence “We do not, and will not, under any circumstances allow the United States to interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz” was quoted directly from the spokesperson for the headquarters.
• In coverage by ISNA, Mehr and IRNA, the United States was accused of jeopardizing regional security, international trade, and the passage of tanker and commercial ships through its “repeated adventurism and acts of sabotage.”
• These accounts also said that cooperation by some regional countries with the United States had increased the risk of war spreading across the region.
• News agencies, quoting the spokesperson for the headquarters, attributed responsibility for all insecurity and the spread of war in the region to the United States and to countries that cooperate with the U.S. military.
• In a quote published by Entekhab, the spokesperson for the headquarters warned regional leaders that any cooperation with the United States and logistical support for its military would be “tantamount to war against Iran’s sovereignty and national security.”
• The same source added that if the war spreads in the region, the “flames of war” will engulf all countries in the region; this phrase was reflected as a direct quotation.
• Fars News Agency and Didban Iran also emphasized the part concerning the movement of ships and wrote that Iran would respond to any disruption or insecurity on these routes by the U.S. military, outside Iran’s designated routes and without authorization.
• In several reports, the phrase “the aggressive and robber U.S. military” appeared in the spokesperson’s quotation, but