Banks in Iran have started sending letters to their branches, informing them that they will be cut off from the international financial messaging system SWIFT starting Monday.
Being cut off from SWIFT makes it difficult for Iran to get paid for exports and to pay for imports.
SWIFT’s chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt had earlier confirmed the messaging service will start disconnecting some Iranian banks. Last week, the Belgium-based organization announced that it would be suspending some unspecified Iranian banks’ access to its messaging system.
Following US warnings dissuading port operators from allowing Iranian tankers to dock, Iran’s top brass pushed back by reiterating that its navy is ready to protect ships against any threats.
Iran’s military is “prepared today as in the past” to protect against “any threats,” and to ensure the safe passage of Iranian oil tankers, Rear-Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi, a deputy commander of the regular armed forces, said on Monday, Iranian news agency ISNA reports.
He stressed that any “hindrances” to Iran’s right to use international waterways “would be clearly unacceptable.”
The comments come a week after the United States unilaterally re-imposed sanctions on Tehran’s oil, shipping and banking industries. Although it’s unclear whether other nations will abide by Washington’s diktats, US officials have hinted that Iranian ships will no longer be welcome in international waters.
A botched Israeli undercover mission killed at least seven Palestinians and an Israeli officer in the Gaza Strip, authorities said Monday.
Israeli officers used a civilian vehicle to sneak into Gaza for an intelligence-gathering mission.
The forces assassinated one of Hamas' commanders, fatally shooting him before fleeing. Hamas fighters caught up with the vehicle and killed one of the undercover officers
Soft Target Gaza TV Station bombed by Israel - this will not have a good ending -from Straits of Hormuz to Gaza things are about to blow - if they have not already blown
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