A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader has warned that US forces near the Strait of Hormuz face serious risk and possible casualties if the blockade situation continues, and he ruled out any alternative shipping corridor through the strait. The warning adds a fresh layer of rhetorical risk to a market already pricing in Trump's weekend decision to hold off on further strikes against Iran.
Iran rules out a second corridor through Hormuz
Iran issued a fresh warning to the United States on Monday. Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said American vessels and forces could face serious risk and casualties if the current blockade situation continues. He called on Washington to change its approach and said Tehran would not tolerate the standoff continuing indefinitely.
Rezaei also addressed talk of alternative shipping routes through the strait. He said Iran would never allow a second corridor to open there, a comment aimed at closing off any workaround to the existing chokepoint.
The warning follows Trump's pause on further strikes
The remarks follow a weekend in which Trump held off on a planned fresh round of strikes against Iran, a decision he said was made at the request of Iran and other Middle Eastern governments in hope of reaching a rapid deal. Iranian officials have since pushed back on the idea that the pause reflects a diplomatic breakthrough, denying that direct talks with Washington are under way.
Rezaei's comments add to that pattern. They offer little new substance but reinforce the harder line coming from figures close to Iran's leadership, even as the immediate threat of renewed US strikes has receded for now.
Hormuz stays the sole chokepoint for crude exports
With Hormuz remaining the central flashpoint in the standoff, the explicit rejection of any second corridor keeps the strait as the sole, contested route for a significant share of the region's crude oil exports. Traders are likely to treat the remarks as a continuation of the pattern seen through the conflict: verbal escalation from Tehran that keeps geopolitical risk premia elevated without necessarily signaling fresh supply disruption. For now, the comments read as rhetorical escalation rather than a signal of imminent action.
Source: Investinglive
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