“Are you trying to make the holy Strait of Hormuz insecure?” Brigadier General Sayed Majid Mousavi said in a social media post in the early hours of Thursday.
“We will turn the region into hell for you from across all of Iran. This is Iran’s response to the Americans’ audacity in the region, God willing,” he said.
His warning came hours after the US military carried out a fresh act of aggression against the Islamic Republic, targeting multiple cities in southern Iran.
In response, Iran’s top military command announced the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of global petroleum passes.
In a separate statement, the IRGC Navy warned that any vessel approaching the strategic waterway would face decisive action.