Iran's Supreme Security Council Head Claims Massive Oil Sales and Threatens Retaliation

In a televised interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Mohsen Rezaee, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, asserted that Iran has continued to sell oil despite the United States’ naval blockade. Rezaee warned that any nation joining the U.S. “economic war” against Iran would face strikes on its interests, emphasizing that Iran would first seek diplomatic separation before using force.

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The statements come amid long-standing U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing Iran’s oil revenue and a broader “economic war” declared by Washington. Rezaee accused the United States and Israel of deliberately stoking regional conflicts to boost arms sales, insisting Iran is not a warmonger and has engaged in multiple negotiations with the United States. He also claimed the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and would reopen only if the United States “fulfills its obligations.”

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bases if additional forces are deployed, and confronting “counter-revolutionary groups” in the southern region. He linked U.S. fiscal policy to the conflict, alleging that the debt burden on 30-year U.S.

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“Now the whole world is saying, 'Wow, neither the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] nor membership in the Atomic Energy Organization is effective. And it turned out that this atomic issue is very important. The United States has started a war. Why shouldn't we go after the atomic bomb?'” — Iran

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If Rezaee’s threats materialize, they could further destabilize global oil markets and heighten naval confrontations in the Persian Gulf. The claim of ongoing oil sales, if verified, would suggest Iran’s ability to circumvent sanctions, potentially prompting additional diplomatic or military responses from the United States and its allies.

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