Iran condemned the U.S. attempt to impose a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, questioning whether a “revenge of choice” against the global economy can be an option to win an unlawful “war of choice.”
Tehran – IranView24
In a post on X on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei asked, “Can an illegal ‘war of choice’ be won through a ‘revenge of choice’ against the global economy?!”
“Is it ever worthwhile to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face?!”
The comment came as the U.S. military claimed it began its blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports, with President Donald Trump warning that any attack ships will be “immediately eliminated” if they attempt to break it.
In yet another bizarre post on X, Trump claimed that the US had “obliterated” 158 Iranian ships in the Persian Gulf and that the Iranian navy is “laying at the bottom of the sea.”
“What we have not hit are their small number of, what they call, ‘fast attack ships,’ because we did not consider them much of a threat,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea.
In a social media post on April 12, Trump said he intended to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines and reopen it to all shipping.
