Tehran University associate professor Fouad Izadi stated that Iran has the capability to counter the United States’ naval blockade. His remarks came in response to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who said the US is destroying Iran’s economic capacity. Izadi told Al Jazeera that Miller may have overlooked Iran’s nearly six thousand square kilometers of land borders and emphasized that Iran’s northern and eastern neighbors are assisting the country, making it impossible for the US to suffocate it.

Izadi further argued that imposing a naval blockade is illegal under international law, as punishing civilians to achieve foreign policy goals is unjustified. He noted that such blockades are considered acts of aggression unless authorized by the UN Security Council, making the current US blockade of Iranian ports highly controversial.

According to the report, at least 2,076 people have been killed and 26,500 injured since the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran began.