Iran Vows to Block Oil Shipments Until US-Israeli Attacks End

President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will be hit ‘much harder’ if regime forces in Tehran block oil exports from the Middle East.

A person points at a page on the Marinetraffic website that shows commercial boat traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, in Paris on March 4, 2026. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images

A spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on March 9 that Tehran would not allow any Middle Eastern oil to reach the United States or its allies as long as attacks against Iran continue.

The spokesperson, General Ali Mohammad Naeini, was cited by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency as saying that Iran’s military “will not allow a single liter of oil to be exported from the region until further notice due to ongoing aggressions” by the United States and Israel.