The command of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Naval Force has reiterated this Sunday that the strategic Strait of Hormuz "will never be as it was again," in line with what was stated the previous day by the spokesman for the Presidency of the Iranian Parliament, Abbas Goudarzi. However, the military establishment has pointed out that this message is directed "especially for the United States and Israel," the countries that on February 28 carried out a joint offensive against Tehran.
"The Strait of Hormuz will never again be as it was, especially for the United States and Israel," the aforementioned command has stressed in a statement disseminated on its social networks.
At the same time, this security body has indicated that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy "is completing" the "operational preparations for Iranian officials for the new order of the Persian Gulf".
This pronouncement, in line with that issued the day before by the Iranian Parliament but explicitly focused towards the United States and Israel, comes hours after the occupant of the White House, Donald Trump, launched his toughest warning, loaded with insults, against the Iranian authorities responsible for blocking navigation in the strait.
"Next Tuesday will be Energy Plants Day and Bridges Day, all in one," Trump affirmed before promising that there will be "nothing that resembles" the attack he will order if Tehran disregards his ultimatum. The message from the American president has been reiterated in especially aggressive terms: "Open the fucking strait, crazy bastards, or you are going to live in hell. Wait and see. Praise Allah," he sentenced.
On the other hand, Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, has warned that a possible United States attack against Iranian power plants would constitute a war crime. Furthermore, according to a message broadcast this Sunday by state television IRIB, dated March 12, the Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Jamenei, has insisted that the Strait of Hormuz "must remain closed".
That same Sunday, the Iranian agency Fars has reported that, according to the most recent data on maritime traffic in the area, in the last 24 hours 15 vessels have crossed the strait with Iran's authorization, which represents around 10 percent of the volume that transited before the outbreak of the war.