Iran to hold war game to close Strait of Hormuz: Iranian MP

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – Iranian MP Parviz Sorouri of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said that Iran plans to practice its ability to close the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important chokepoints, which accounts for about 30% of the world’s seaborne oil shipments. “Currently, the Middle East region supplies 70 percent of the world’s energy needs, (most of) which are transported through the Strait of Hormuz. We will hold an exercise to close the Strait of Hormuz in the near future. If the world wants to make the region insecure, we will make the world insecure,” Sorouri said on Tuesday.