Iranian state-aligned news channels, including an IRGC-affiliated outlet, are forcefully reiterating the necessity of maintaining the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz following devastating US and Israeli airstrikes.
Following a week of unprecedented United States and Israeli airstrikes across Iran, Iranian domestic media channels are broadcasting a unified directive to maintain the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The messaging emphasizes Tehran's reliance on global energy disruption as a primary retaliatory mechanism in the wake of severe military losses.
کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴, a news channel affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that reflects the hardline military establishment's posture, declared that the maritime chokepoint must remain closed. According to the channel, "Definitely, the lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must still be used."The exact same phrasing was published by آخرین خبر, a major state-approved Iranian news aggregator. In a photo post, the mainstream outlet echoed the statement verbatim: "Definitely, the lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must still be used."
This emphatic domestic messaging follows a massive military campaign by US and Israeli forces between March 9 and March 13, which targeted and reportedly decimated Iranian military, naval, and air defense installations. The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has already triggered severe regional and global consequences, serving as the backdrop to earlier IRGC threats to incinerate Middle Eastern energy infrastructure. The waterway's closure has driven global oil prices above $120 per barrel and forced a complete halt to oil production in Kuwait.
Both source channels posted the exact same Persian phrasing, demonstrating a unified, likely centralized editorial stance across both military-affiliated and general state-approved news aggregators.