{"id":328668,"date":"2026-07-05T06:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=328668"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:39:40","slug":"medvedev-says-strait-of-hormuz-gives-iran-leverage-comparable-to-nuclear-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=328668","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev says Strait of Hormuz gives Iran leverage comparable to \u2018nuclear weapon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kanyshai Butun \u2013 AA.com July 4, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz gives it leverage comparable to a “nuclear weapon,” arguing that restricting passage through the waterway showed Tehran\u2019s strategic reach.<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists after a visit to Iran, Medvedev said Tehran could disrupt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the event of a wider regional conflict, warning that such a move could halt oil and commercial transport.<\/p>\n

“I hope it does not come to that, but all countries seeking conflict in the region should remember this,” he said.<\/p>\n

Medvedev also criticized recent US strikes on Iran, calling them “completely unprovoked” and arguing that Tehran posed no threat to the US while negotiations between the two sides were underway.<\/p>\n

He said the attacks undermined international law and claimed Russia had previously proposed a peaceful solution to concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

On a US-Iran memorandum of understanding, Medvedev said negotiations were preferable to conflict but warned that reaching a final agreement would be “extremely difficult,” particularly on sanctions relief and funding for Iran’s reconstruction.<\/p>\n

Medvedev also said he discussed with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian the idea of creating a platform for countries under sanctions to coordinate efforts against what Moscow calls “illegal” restrictions.<\/p>\n

He said the proposal, first put forward by Tehran several years ago, could take the form of an agreement or organization bringing together sanctioned states.<\/p>\n

Medvedev held talks with Pezeshkian in Tehran on Friday on the sidelines of funeral ceremonies for slain former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

Medvedev visited Iran as a special envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin to convey Moscow\u2019s condolences.<\/p>\n

Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran on Feb. 28, an event that triggered nearly three weeks of war and sharply escalated tensions across the Middle East before a ceasefire was reached under a US-Iran memorandum brokered by regional mediators.<\/p>\n

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The tables have turned as U.S. and Israeli efforts to bring regime-change to Tehran have backfired badly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":307801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,51,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Iran","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328668"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328683,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328668\/revisions\/328683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/307801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=328668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=328668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}