Iran to confront acts of mischief in Persian Gulf: Rouhani
Tehran (KNA) - President Hassan Rouhani says Iran has the responsibility for securing the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf and will decisively confront any attempt at destabilizing the strategic waters.
We will not allow anyone to try to disrupt order in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz," the chief executive told a government meeting in Tehran on Wednesday.
"It is Iran and the other littoral states, which are chiefly responsible for securing the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormoz, and the [security] issue has nothing to do with others The Iranian nation has always acted as the guardian of the Persian Gulf," Rouhani emphasized.
Rouhani strongly warned against acts of "mischief" in the Persian Gulf as well as violations of the international maritime law governing the body of water, calling on all sides to heed the warnings of the naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz - which has been in charge of ensuring security in the maritime bottleneck.
Source: PressTV