As he stresses that a plan to close Hormuz strait was ready, Iranian commander says the Islamic Republic won’t close the maritime passage unless its interests are threatened.

As he stresses that a plan to close Hormuz strait was ready, Iranian commander says the Islamic Republic won’t close the maritime passage unless its interests are threatened.

Major General Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi reiterated that Iran did have the plan to shut down the strategic Strait but would only execute it if the nation’s security was threatened.

“We do have the plan to close the Strait of Hormuz since a member of the military must plan for all scenarios,” Major General Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi said Friday night on the sidelines of the Conference on the Doctrine of Mahdism, Mehr News Agency reported.

“However,” he added, the Iranian nation” acts reasonably and would not approve of the interruption of a waterway through which 40 percent of the world’s energy supply passes, unless our interests are seriously threatened.”

General Firuzabadi further stated that “our control over the Hormuz Strait remains smart and reasonable.”

Talking about the situation in Syria, the Iranian commander said the outcome of the current developments in the Arab country would turn out “very good, and the Syrian nation will succeed.”

He insisted that Syria would remain at the forefront of resisting the Israeli regime, noting that “the Syrian nation, its new parliament and [President] Bashar al-Assad are well aware of this.”