Iran threatens to block Hormuz waterway over sanctions
Posted On: Apr. 24, 2019 6:09 AM CSTIran said that it would block the Strait of Hormuz if it was barred from using the strategic waterway due to new U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported. An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander made the threat after the United States said that it would end exemptions granted in 2018 to eight buyers of Iranian oil.