MON Israel: Chamenei “cannot exist any longer.” Iran wants to close the Strait of the Ormuz

Israel's defense minister Israel Kac stated on Thursday that the highest spiritual and political leader of Iran Ajatollah Ali Chamenei “cannot exist any longer.”

“Such a dictator as Chamenei, who manages such a country as Iran and made Israel's destruction his mission, cannot exist anymore. Israel's defensive forces have been instructed and they know that in order to achieve all his goals, this man should absolutely not live further,” said Kac.

American officials said this week that US President Donald Trump opposed the Israeli plans to kill Chamenei. Trump himself later said that he had no plans to kill him, “at least for now.”

The Israeli authorities began on June 13 massive attacks on Iran, claiming that their goal is nuclear and military facilities. Iran called the attack “Declaration of War” and responded with air rockets on Israel. According to the last official data from Sunday in Israeli attacks on Iran, 224 people have died so far, and 1277 were hospitalized, while 24 inhabitants of this country were killed in Iranian strokes on Israel.

Iranian authorities: Closing the Strait of Ormuz One of the responses to Israel's attacks considered

The Iranian authorities are considering closing the Strait of the Ormus, important for global oil transport, is one of the options in response to Israel's attacks, “MEHR agency said on Thursday, citing Behnam Saidi from the Security Committee in the Iranian parliament.

18 million barrels of oil are transported by the strait a day, or about 20 percent. daily global demand for this raw material.

Reuters reminded that in the past Iran had threatened the closing of the Strait of the Ormus, but he never realized them before. According to sources related to shipping and maritime trade, which the agency cites, currently ships avoid Iranian waters in the Strait region.

Blocking the Ormus could shake the global energy market – said the head of the SHELL Wael Savan oil group, quoted by the daily “The Guardian”. “If this artery is blocked for any reason, it will have a huge impact on global trade,” he noted.

According to the analytical company Clarksons Research, which is referred to by the Financial Times, the growing risk associated with the Iranian-Israeli attacks from June 13 caused that the price of the charter of large tankers through Ormuz has increased more than twice. The daily cost of charteering a ship transporting 2 million barrels of oil, e.g. from the Persian Gulf to China, increased from about 20 thousand. hole. Two days before Israel's attack on Iran to over 47.6 thousand hole. on Wednesday.

The Strait of Ormuz lies on the trail leading from the Persian Gulf to the Arab Sea. This is the only route that oil transports can flow from the bay. (PAP)

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