Iranian MP Challenges Practicality Of Closing Supply Routes To Israel

An Iranian member of parliament has voiced doubts regarding Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's call to close off supply routes for oil and resources to Israel.

Mahmoud Abbaszadeh said that achieving the goal from “areas controlled by the Axis of Resistance may be unfeasible, and some regional reactionary countries might resist efforts to cut off oil and resources to Israel.”

Axis of Resistance is a term coined by the Islamic Republic to refer to its proxy forces in the region including, Palestinian militant groups, the Syrian regime, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and other factions.

Khamenei on Wednesday made an appeal to Muslim countries, urging them to halt oil and food exports to Israel, while demanding an immediate end to the bombings in the Gaza Strip.

"The bombings on Gaza must stop immediately ... the path of oil and food exports to the Zionist regime should be stopped," Khamenei told a group of students in Tehran, according to Iranian state media.

Israel, in retaliation for an attack on October 7 that claimed many lives and resulted in hostage situations, has vowed to take action against Hamas, which is backed by Tehran.

Iran is one of Hamas' biggest backers, supporting the group, proscribed by countries including the US and UK, financially and militarily.