ADNOC CEO calls any Iran curbs on Hormuz passage ‘economic terrorism’

ADNOC CEO calls any Iran curbs on Hormuz passage ‘economic terrorism’
UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. (FILE/AFP)
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Updated 26 March 2026 06:38
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ADNOC CEO calls any Iran curbs on Hormuz passage ‘economic terrorism’

ADNOC CEO calls any Iran curbs on Hormuz passage ‘economic terrorism’
  • “When ‌Iran holds ‌Hormuz hostage, ​every ‌nation ⁠pays ​the ransom, at ⁠the gas pump, at the grocery store, at the pharmacy,” Al Jaber said ⁠in a speech ‌in ‌the US ​on ‌Wednesday

WASHINGTON: ‌Abu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC’s CEO Sultan ​Al Jaber described any restriction of passage through the Strait of Hormuz by Iran as “economic terrorism.”
“When ‌Iran holds ‌Hormuz hostage, ​every ‌nation ⁠pays ​the ransom, at ⁠the gas pump, at the grocery store, at the pharmacy,” Al Jaber said ⁠in a speech ‌in ‌the US ​on ‌Wednesday.
“No country can ‌be allowed to destabilize the global economy in this way. Not ‌now. Not ever.”
Al Jaber, during a meeting ⁠with ⁠US Vice President JD Vance earlier in the day, said free passage through the Strait of Hormuz was the only durable solution ​to ​stabilizing global markets.