The Guardian | Saeed Kamali Dehghan : President signals Tehran could disrupt shipments, prompting warning from US military

A potential confrontation between the US and�Iran�is brewing in the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran threatened to block the Gulf passageway in retaliation for Washington�s looming sanctions against Iranian oil exports � a threat the US military said would be immediately countered.

The Trump administration is demanding all countries end imports of Iranian oil by 4 November as part of its new policy of hostility towards Tehran after Washington�s�unilateral exit from the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Iran�s president,�Hassan Rouhani, responded during a rare visit to Europe this week by signalling that Tehran could disrupt regional crude shipments and cut its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.

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