Tehran – Iran has mocked Washington’s bid to choke off its oil lifeline, ridiculing a US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz as a doomed gamble that could spark a global energy shock.
In a scathing swipe, parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf laughed off the plan, saying Iran’s vast 8,700km network of land and sea borders makes any attempt to seal it off unrealistic.
Posting online, he dared the US to try — joking that even building giant walls across America wouldn’t match Iran’s frontier. “Good luck blockading a country with those borders,” he quipped, taking a jab at US defence chief Pete Hegseth.
The high-stakes face-off erupted after the administration of Donald Trump moved to clamp down on Iranian shipping following the outbreak of the US–Israeli war on Iran in late February.
Tehran has branded the blockade “illegal” and a provocation that risks shattering a fragile ceasefire brokered by Pakistan.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned the move is “war by other means” and said it won’t go unanswered.
With the world’s most critical oil chokepoint now at the centre of a geopolitical showdown, the question looms: who blinks first — Washington or Tehran?
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