According to Iranian media reports on the 13th, a spokesman for the central headquarters of the Iranian armed forces in Khatam Ambia said on the same day that the US will never be allowed to interfere with the management of the Strait of Hormuz. The spokesperson said that Iran's armed forces will vigorously counter the US military's unauthorized intrusion into designated waterways and interfering with the passage of merchant ships and oil tankers without Iran's authorization. “The recent actions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and the military of the Islamic Republic of Iran are proof of this.”

According to Iranian media reports on the 13th, a spokesman for the central headquarters of the Iranian armed forces in Khatam Ambia said on the same day that the US will never be allowed to interfere with the management of the Strait of Hormuz. The spokesperson said that Iran's armed forces will vigorously counter the US military's unauthorized intrusion into designated waterways and interfering with the passage of merchant ships and oil tankers without Iran's authorization. “The recent actions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and the military of the Islamic Republic of Iran are proof of this.”