Iran THREATENS US allies against 'economic war': 'We will STRIKE'

. GOOD MORNING, TREY. >> REPORTER: HEY, GUYS, GOOD. MORNING. REPORTS DO INDICATE THAT. CROSSINGS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ ARE UP 400% OVER THE LAST. TWO WEEKS, THIS COMES AS THE. U.S. NAVY IS STILL OVERSEEING. VESSELS OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF. THROUGH A SAFE SOUTHERN PASSAGE. WE KNOW THIS PASSAGE ALLOWS FOR. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. TO BE EXPORTED EACH DAY AND THE. BACKDROP THERE IS THE ONGOING. NAVAL BLOCK AND I FRESH FRESH SS. EXPECTED FOR IRAN NEXT WEEK.

>> IF TRUMP DECIDES TO TAKE. FURTHER ACTION, OUR RESPONSE, OUR RETALIATION WILL BE SEISMIC. FIRST, WE WILL TELL ALL. NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND. COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD NOT. TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES AND. ITS ECONOMIC WAR. ANY COUNTRY THAT TAKES PART IN. IMPOSING ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS. ON US WILL BE REGARDED AS ANEN. ENEMY. WE WILL HOLD TALKS AND TELL THEM. TO STEP ASIDE AND DISTANCE. THEMSELVES FROM THE UNITED. STATES BUT IF THEY DO NOT ACT WE. WILL STRIKE. WE WILL TARGET THAT COUNTRY'S.

INTERESTS. >> REPORTER: IRAN'S PARLIAMENT. SPEAKER AND TOP NEGOTIATOR. POSTED TO X OVER THE WEEKEND. SAYING WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS. MESSAGES FROM NEIGHBORING. COUNTRIES ABOUT SHAPING NEW. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AND. ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE. REGION, THE UNITED STATES PUT. THE SECURITY OF EVERY ONE OF ITS. ALLIES AT SUCH RISK THROUGH. BULLYING AND PURE DISREGARD FOR. THEIR FOREIGN INTERESTS FOR THE. SAKE OF ISRAEL. WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATED. TALKS WITH IRAN HAVE STOPPED, HE. SAYS THE UNITED STATES IS HAVING. TROUBLE FIGURING OUT WHO TO DEAL. WITH INSIDE OF IRAN.

>> IT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST. PROBLEMS. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL TO. DEAL WITH SO IT'S A PROBLEM. IT'S THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE. WORLD WHERE NOBODY WANTS TO BE. PRESIDENT. WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT? NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE, SO IT'S. A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM. >> REPORTER: THE U.S. MILITARY. PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS. EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITH NO CLEAR. PATH FORWARD IN THE CONFLICT. WITH IRAN, THE USS ABRAHAM. LINCOLN IS HEADED HOME AFTER. BEING DEPLOYED FOR 274 DAYS, THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER MADE THE.

LAST PORT CALL IN DECEMBER. BREAKING A NAVY RECORD. THE VESSEL IS BEING REPLACED BY. THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. THE REGION IS STUCK IN A CYCLE. OF STRIKES, STATEMENTS WITH NO. END IN SIGHT. TODAY AN INTERESTING ECONOMIC. DEVELOPMENT INSIDE OF IRAN, THE. RIAL HIT 2 MILLION TO ONE U.S. DOLL.