Strait of Hormuz: ‘We’ll sink US ships, take their soldiers hostages – Iran Supreme leader warns

Iran’s military adviser warned that Tehran will sink U.S. ships and take crews hostage as the U.S. imposes a naval blockade in response to Iran’s near‑total shutdown of the Strait of Hormuk. The standoff threatens global oil shipments and raises the risk of a direct military clash in a key international shipping lane.

Mohsen Rezaei, the military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said Iran is set to sink US vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The US blockade on vessels utilizing Iranian ports in the Gulf was implemented on Monday evening as a response to Iran’s near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the […] Strait of Hormuz: ‘We’ll sink US ships, take their soldiers hostages – Iran Supreme leader warns