Abdolkarim Hashmi Nakhl Ebrahimi, the MP for Bashagard and Minab in the parliament, said: “The people of the region and the guardians of the Strait of Hormuz, and the people of Minab, Rudan, Jask, Sirik, Beshtak, Hormuz, and Qeshm, are ready to go to war against the enemy with their lighters and small boats. We should not be afraid of the enemy’s intimidation.”

This member of parliament added: “If the United States does not accept the conditions of the Islamic Republic, then we must, with strength, attack the naval fleet and the boarding ships that are enforcing a blockade, break the naval blockade, and expel the enemy from the region.”