Iran security chief threatens alternative Gulf oil routes if neighbors join U.S. pressure

Mohsen Rezaei, the new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Iran would target oil-shipping routes outside Hormuz if neighboring countries joined what he called an economic war. He said those neighbors would be treated as enemies and their interests targeted.

Why this matters. The threat expands Tehran's stated retaliation logic beyond Hormuz to the infrastructure and routes designed to bypass it, increasing regional energy risk.