Iran weighing Bab al-Mandeb disruption via Houthis, MP says

An Iranian lawmaker said Tehran is considering disrupting shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait via its Houthi allies in response to US President Donald Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

“We have more serious winning cards; the United States must understand that, with the help of our Yemeni brothers, the issue of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is also under consideration and action,” Behnam Saeedi, a member of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, said.

Saeedi warned that any disruption to security in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman would have wider regional consequences and added that any military or commercial entity aligning with Trump’s actions would face a “decisive and regret-inducing response.”