Senior Iranian official: America is not allowed to open non-Iranian routes in the Strait of Hormuz

On 4 August, at local time, on 3 August, the Iranian military adviser to the Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezai, in an interview with the media, stated that Iran would never allow the United States to open any non-Iranian route in the Straits of Hormuz, which would be targeted even if the United States were to deploy warships on illegal routes in the Straits of Hormuz. Rezai also stated that Iran had previously prepared to attack three locations in Ukraine, but that it had cancelled the attack as a result of Ukraine ' s apology. (observed)