A senior Iranian official told Press TV that if the US carries out another attack, Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz and strike twice as many targets. The threat is the latest escalation in the confrontation over the strategic waterway and was reported by Iran's English-language state channel.
The threat, reported by Iran's English-language state channel Press TV, marks an escalation in the ongoing US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. A senior Iranian official said that any further US attack would trigger both a closure of the strait and a retaliatory strike hitting "twice as many" targets as before. The Zioneer reported at 17:39 and 17:43 that Iran had already threatened to re-close the waterway; this statement adds a concrete new element to the threat. No independent confirmation of the official's identity or the operational capability has been provided. Press TV is a propaganda arm of the Iranian regime, and the statement should be read in that context.
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