Iran IRGC Chief Vahidi Says No Outside Power Has Right to Interfere in Hormuz, Persian Gulf

Vahidi's framing is notable less for the Hormuz rhetoric itself than for the institutional voice delivering it: the IRGC, not the foreign ministry, is setting the terms on the waterway. That distinction matters for how outside naval powers and shipping operators read the risk environment, since IRGC statements tend to signal operational posture rather than diplomacy. Whether this remains declaratory or is followed by concrete action in the strait is the open question.