An expansion of the conflict would mean an increased risk to U.S-British military base in Diego Garcia.

On Thursday, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, military adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, warned that Iran could expand the war to the Indian Ocean if it is attacked again.

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“Now that the war has spread from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea (the Houthis), this front could expand even further in the possible next phase of the war to the Indian Ocean or beyond,” Safavi said.

Khamenei’s military adviser said that if the Americans or Israelis “attack our national centers and interests again in any way,” the war front “will expand even further.”

Safavi also pointed out that if hostilities with the United States resume, the new battlefront could focus “on the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,” in an apparent reference to Yemeni rebels blocking traffic through the strategic commercial passage.

In recent weeks, the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) has made advances along Yemen’s entire western coast, giving them control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which is vital to international trade.

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Safavi’s warning coincides with statements by Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, who said a new escalation by the United States could open a second front in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

A possible expansion of the conflict toward the Indian Ocean would mean an increased risk to Diego Garcia, the joint U.S.-British military base located about 4,000 kilometers from Iran.

Iran and the United States are locked in a struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran blocked after the war began Feb. 28. The war between the two countries remains deadlocked, with occasional exchanges of attacks and negotiations stalled.

Iranian and U.S. representatives held indirect talks this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, with no progress reported.

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