The Islamic Republic of Iran threatened over the weekend to close off the Mediterranean Sea if the West continues to support Israel in its war against the Hamas terrorist organization.
Tasnim News Agency, Iranian-controlled state media that is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), quoted Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi as saying: “They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways.”
“Yesterday, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz became a nightmare for them, and today they are trapped … in the Red Sea,” he said, adding that there could be “the birth of new powers of resistance and the closure of other waterways.”
Geographically speaking, Iran does not have direct access to the Mediterranean Sea as it is located hundreds of miles away. The closest point of entry to the Mediterranean Sea for Iran is to take the Red Sea to the Suez Canal, where Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen are launching numerous attacks against commercial shipping vessels.
Reuters noted that the only terrorist groups backed by Iran that are located on the Mediterranean are Hezbollah in Lebanon and other terrorist groups in Syria, which are both thousands of miles away from the Strait of Gibraltar.
Numerous intelligence officials from various countries told The Wall Street Journal late last week that Iran was providing the Houthis with “real-time intelligence and weaponry, including drones and missiles” to carry out the attacks.