Major General Safavi: Iran's strategy is the smart management of the Strait of Hormuz

An adviser to the Supreme Leader said: Our strategy is the intelligent management of the Strait of Hormuz in the face of the American naval blockade.

The adviser to the Commander in Chief said: Our strategy is to manage the Strait of Hormuz intelligently against the American naval blockade.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, Major General Seyed Yahya Safavi, the assistant and senior adviser to the Supreme Commander of the Supreme Forces, in the scientific-expert meeting "Effective geographical requirements in the defense strategy of the Strait of Hormuz", explaining the approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stated: The Strait of Hormuz is an inseparable part of our territorial waters; Our sovereignty and management over this region is not a political claim, but an indisputable legal and geographical right.

He added: Iran does not seek to create tension; But he is also powerful in exercising his right to sovereignty. When this waterway becomes a platform for the passage of military equipment that directly targets Iran's national security, managing and limiting traffic is not only the right, but also the strategic duty of our armed forces.

He rejected the hypothesis of the decline of the importance of the Strait of Hormuz due to the construction of pipelines or alternative routes and stated: The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic bottleneck in the global energy network and despite all efforts to create parallel routes, the world's dependence on this passage is a structural dependence.

The Supreme Advisor to the Commander in Chief continued: The importance of this strait in today's volatile world market is even more than in the past. Because more than 20% of the world's oil and energy flow still revolves around this bottleneck.

Emphasizing that the Strait of Hormuz is an integral part of Iran's territorial waters, Major General Safavi said: Our main strategy is the intelligent management of the Strait of Hormuz against the American naval blockade against our country and our beloved people.

The head of Martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani Research Institute of Sacred Defense Sciences and Education pointed out: The management of this strait is the transformation of this bottleneck to remove maritime sanctions and a path to achieve sustainable peace and security in the region with the participation of the countries of the region.