Iran threatens to close Hormuz in retaliation
Dated 4/2/2006
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Iranian president Mohammad Ahmadinejad is evaluating an all out military response, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, if Iran is attacked by US-led Western powers for its WMD programme.
Iran told this plainly in a meeting with Russia last week, adding that the world would have to pay a "heavy price" for any attack, as it would close the Hormuz and search and apprehend tankers and ships and terminate means of sea communications, even if they were commercial.
Iran also threatened retaliation against any country providing the US with bases or other means to launch its military campaign.
Though Iran's WMD programme has provoked no action in the UN Security Council but some debates in the IAEA, Ahmadinejad is preparing for military retaliation.
Russia is surprised with Iranian intentions and the readiness to launch war, even though a US-led strike is a distant possibility when efforts are on to find a solution, and it may halt military supplies to Iran.