Major General Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, stated, "The naval blockade is an act of war, and confronting it is our right, but our patience has limits".

He added, "We will break the American naval blockade, and our armed forces are preparing themselves".

In an interview with the Iranian state television, Rezaei advised the US military to end the blockade "before the Sea of ​​Oman becomes their graveyard".

Rezaei pointed out that the UAE’s behavior is influenced by the Zionist entity, noting that "the Israeli occupation wants to drag a regional player into the war against Iran so that it can convince Trump to continue supporting them and standing with them".

Hormuz will remain closed to military buildups: Rezaei 

He added that "the Strait of Hormuz is open to trade, but it will be closed to military buildups and any attempts to destabilize security".

Rezaei told Iranian state television that the Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confronted US forces during what he described as an attempt to open the Strait of Hormuz, adding that one of the American destroyers was severely damaged after being struck by Iranian missiles.

Rezaei's remarks come after US President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account on Sunday that time is running out for Iran, adding that it "better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them."

This verbal escalation comes days after Iran submitted its response to the US proposal, which was not accepted by Trump, as reflected in his latest stance.

For his part, Iranian Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hamid-Reza Haji Babaei confirmed in an interview with Iran's state television earlier that Tehran would take measures to prevent the United States from accessing the region's oil if Iranian oil were attacked, stressing that "no country in the world will be able to access the region's oil for a long period of time".

Haji Babaei pointed out that the Iranian leadership believes that the United States and its president "will not hesitate to do anything they are capable of doing", noting that "the Strait of Hormuz is more important to Iran than the atomic bomb".