A defiant Iran on Monday accused the US of “piracy” following President Trump’s vow to block the Strait of Hormuz — as the regime taunted that the looming blockade would soon make Americans “nostalgic” for $4 gas.
Iran’s armed forces claimed Trump’s threat to block Iranian ports and restrict vessels in international waters from 10 a.m. ET was illegal and the Islamic Republic would decisively implement a “permanent mechanism” to control the critical oil chokepoint.
“The criminal actions of America in restricting maritime transit in international waters are illegal and constitute piracy,” an Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson said.
Iran’s armed forces claimed Trump’s threat to block Iranian ports and restrict vessels in international waters from 10 a.m. ET was illegal. REUTERS “The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran clearly and firmly declare that security of ports in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is either for everyone or for no one.”
Iran warned that if Iranian ports were threatened, “no port in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman will remain safe.”
The threats came as Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, sneered that Americans would feel the pinch at the gas pump following the ultimatum to block the waterway.
“Enjoy the current pump figures,” he wrote on X. “With the so-called ‘blockade’, Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4–$5 gas.”
A defiant Iran on Monday accused the US of “piracy” following President Trump’s vow to block Strait of Hormuz. Gallo Images via Getty Images Trump, for his part, has vowed to fight back against Iran’s “WORLD EXTORTION” and ensure that no one paying tolls to the regime will get through the critical oil chokepoint.
“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday.
“At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, ‘There may be a mine out there somewhere,’ that nobody knows about but them.
“THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted.
“No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.”
