Iran warns of full-scale offensive if US strikes continue

• Iran's IRGC Navy declared the Strait of Hormuz fully sealed off and 'highly perilous'.
• The IRGC threatened to block all shipments of oil and gas from the region.
• The IRGC claimed to have intercepted four ships and alleged two oil tankers exploded in the Strait of Hormuz.
• The escalation follows six consecutive nights of US strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
• US strikes have resulted in at least eight deaths and 20 injuries.
• Major General Mohsen Rezaee warned of 'full-scale offensive operations' if US strikes continue.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has declared the Strait of Hormuz fully sealed off and 'highly perilous' due to alleged US military actions, threatening to halt all regional shipments of oil and gas until Washington ceases its 'acts of aggression'. The IRGC stated that US forces are approaching a critical moment for an operation against CENTCOM naval units, with Iranian forces surveilling US movements and equipment.

This escalation follows six consecutive nights of US strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in southern Iran, including bridges, airports, and power facilities, which have resulted in at least eight deaths and 20 injuries. The IRGC also claimed to have intercepted four ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz and alleged that two oil tankers exploded after striking mines in the waterway.

Major General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior Iranian military adviser, warned that if the US continues bombing Iran, Tehran will launch "full-scale offensive operations." He added that Iran would no longer limit itself to retaliatory responses and that "no political border will be safe," also stating that the "policy of negotiating during war is over."