Russia Sends Signal to Iran: Close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

According to Bazaar, during his visit to Tehran, Dmitry Medvedev declared that closing the Bab el-Mandeb is one of the most powerful pressure tools at Iran’s disposal—an action that could bring the flow of oil to a complete standstill. Medvedev had previously described the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s atomic bomb.