# Tehran says US will 'achieve nothing' with economic chokehold

https://mins.news/en/video/33333

- euronews, 2026-08-26 15:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXkASGUDVs

> Iranian President Pezeshkian issued a defiant response, saying the US economic chokehold would achieve nothing. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said a deal with Oman would bar all military vessels from the Strait of Hormuz, escalating Tehran’s demands and drawing Washington’s opposition after earlier US threats to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way”.

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