Iran responds to Trump’s Strait of Hormuz statement

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to recent remarks by US President Donald Trump concerning the Strait of Hormuz.

The statement from the Iranian military organization was published on the social media platform X, Caliber.Az reports.

“All movements and their absence [in the Strait of Hormuz] are under the full control of the armed forces. Any wrong move will drag the enemy into deadly whirlpools of the strait,” the message said.

President Trump said the US Navy would start ​blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardising a fragile two-week ‌ceasefire.

Trump also said in a post on Truth Social that the US would take action against every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran, and begin destroying mines that he said the Iranians had dropped in the strait, a choke point for about 20% of global energy supplies that Iran has blocked.

By Vafa Guliyeva