Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Monday the country will not let the United States interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
"U.S. adventurism" has "seriously jeopardized the security of the region, international trade and passage of oil tankers," Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the headquarters spokesman, said in a video message carried by Iranian media.
"We do not and will not, under any circumstance, allow the United States to interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz," Zolfaghar said, adding the Iranian armed forces remain ready to respond.
He warned countries in the region that Iran views any cooperation with the United States and provision of logistical support to the U.S. army as acts of war against Iran's national sovereignty and security, saying that in case of the war's expansion, its flames will affect "all regional countries."
Separately, Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, accused the United States of endangering the security of the world's oil and gas supply by interfering in the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
"We will continue to exercise sovereignty and management over the Strait of Hormuz with force, and will compel foreigners and their allies to surrender to the will of the Iranian nation," the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States is reinstating the blockade on Iran, preventing Iranian ships from entering or leaving the strait.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump also claimed that the United States would be the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20-percent charge on all cargo shipped through the waterway, calling it "a matter of fairness."
Iran vows to block US interference in Strait of Hormuz as Trump says "reinstating" blockade
