Is Malacca Strait at risk from Hormuz ‘chain reaction’ after warning from Iranian adviser?

An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has warned of “a chain-reaction response” in more critical shipping lanes, including in the Malacca Strait in Southeast Asia, after Iran declared another full closure of the Hormuz Strait before a fragile ceasefire is due.“The era of imposing security from across the oceans has come to an end. Today, not only has the security of Hormuz and Malacca been guaranteed under the shadow of our power and that of our strategic partners, but the security of Bab al-Mandab [Strait] is also in the hands of the Ansar Allah brothers,” Ali Akbar Velayati, the adviser on international affairs to the Supreme Leader of Iran, wrote on social media on Sunday. Yemen-based Ansar Allah is also known as the Houthis.“Any mischief will have a chain-reaction response,” he said.The comments were made shortly after Iran declared a full closure of the Hormuz Strait on Saturday night, only one day after Tehran said the strait was open for commercial vessels.