Iran threatens to close Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean Sea unless Israel stops bombing Gaza

 Iran threatens to close Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean Sea unless Israel stops bombing Gaza as US warns Tehran is 'deeply involved' in attacks on shipping

• Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea 
  
  
  
• It says that the US and other western states have backed Israel's 'crimes' in Gaza
• The two waterways help carry up to a fifth of the world's maritime trade 

• Iran has threatened to close off the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea if Israel and its allies continue to commit 'crimes' in Gaza.

  Iran, which has backed Hamas, accused the US and other western states of propping up Israel's alleged war crimes committed during its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where more than 20,000 people have died since October 7.

  'They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways,' Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior member of the country's Islamic Revolutionary Corps, said on Saturday.

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