US ‘Won’t Allow’ Iran to Close Strait of Hormuz

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday vowed Washington will not allow Iran to close the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s leaders have threatened to close the Strait – through which one-fifth of the world’s oil exports flow – unless sanctions against their critical oil shipments are lifted.

Panetta said the “Iranians need to understand that the United States and the international community are going to hold them directly responsible for any disruption of shipping in that region by Iran or, for that matter, by its surrogates.”

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