Iran's Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff, Major General Ali Abdollahi
Iran's military chief claims to block US warships from Persian Gulf
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Iran's Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff, Major General Ali Abdollahi, claimed that Tehran will bar US warships from entering the Persian Gulf, while sharply criticizing statements by US President Donald Trump concerning Iran’s nuclear program.
In remarks delivered to state and regional media, Abdollahi issued a warning regarding American naval presence in the waterway, asserting that Iranian forces are prepared to deny entry to US naval assets.
"We will not allow American warships to enter the Gulf again," Abdollahi stated, signaling an increasingly aggressive posture along one of the world's most critical energy transit corridors.
Addressing political rhetoric from Washington, Abdollahi pushed back against recent statements made by Trump regarding the Iranian nuclear file, labeling them deliberate disinformation.
"Trump's contradictory statements regarding the Iranian nuclear program are aimed at deceiving both global and American public opinion," Abdollahi stated, dismissing Washington's alternating threats of military action and calls for negotiations as inconsistent theater.
The military chief's comments come against a backdrop of intensified posturing in the Gulf, where naval encounters, transit warnings, and competing security frameworks have repeatedly strained regional stability.
Washington has consistently maintained that its naval deployments in international waters uphold freedom of navigation, making any attempt to enforce an operational blockade a flashpoint for potential direct confrontation.
