WORLD_ Iranian Intelligence Official Warns of Red Sea Blockade as Tensions Simmer (Jack Phillips - THE EPOCH TIMES)

THE EPOCH TIMES

Iranian Intelligence Official Warns of Red Sea Blockade as Tensions Simmer

The head of the shadowy Quds Force said Iran would move to block the Bab al‑Mandab Strait that links the Red Sea to the wider ocean.

The head of Iranian Quds forces General Esmail Qaani (R) with the Iranian President at the parliament in Tehran, Iran on July 30, 2024. Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images

Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
6/2/2026|Updated: 6/2/2026

An Iranian regime intelligence official has warned that Iran would attempt to block shipping traffic in another waterway if the Israeli military continues to launch strikes against Hezbollah or in Gaza.

Esmail Qaani, the head of the Iranian Quds Force, an intelligence agency under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed that Iran would attempt to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which would echo Iran’s move to effectively block traffic in the Strait of Hormuz since hostilities started.

The Bab al‑Mandab Strait is between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and is considered a critical shipping waterway. The Houthi terrorist group, based in Yemen, launched attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and in the Bab al-Mandab Strait starting in 2023, prompting a U.S. military response.

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