Regime MP: "We'll close off the straits of Hormuz"

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzzi.

The regime-run news agency ILNA reported that the Mohammad-Nabi Roudaki, the surly deputy commissioner of security of the Islamic parliaments assembly, in reaction to the regimes nuclear dossier and the threat of sanctions, said: "In view of the changes taking place around the regimes nuclear program, we have announced that if our regime is referred to the security council, we have several options and one of those is to close off the Straits of Hormuz so that not one drop of oil can be exported. Oil is exported through the mouth of the Strait and into the Persian Gulf to countries bordering the Gulf and then Europe, the U.S., East Asia and if the regimes case is referred to the security council and air or economic sanctions are put on the regime, obviously we will not allow one drop of oil to leave here either. Europeans should especially comprehend that if they do not act wisely and try to act manipulatively with us, the Islamic Republic in turn can and will certainly stop oil leaving its shores [to Europe]." READ MORE

Roudaki then commented on the severance of trade relations between UBS Swiss Bank and the regime's companies and governmental agencies. He said: "Switzerland’s bahvior is quite unexpected...coming from a country that even claimed neutrality during World War II. We had assumed that Swiss politicians would have made decisions more wisely when it came to the Islamic Republic; severance of economic relation with the Islamic regime is dictated policy from the U.S. to Switzerland and we recommend that the Swiss do not tarnish their relations with us over our nuclear dossier."