Ebrahim Zolfaghari

"Repeated adventurism and malicious actions from the US in the strait have seriously endangered regional security, international trade and the passage of oil tankers and commercial vessels."

"We will not allow even one liter of oil for the benefit of the United States and its partners to pass through the Strait of Hormuz."

"The centers you think you have targeted are insignificant, and our strategic military productions take place in locations of which you have no knowledge and will never reach."

"If hostility escalates, the entire region will turn into hell for you; the illusion of defeating the Islamic Republic of Iran will become a quagmire into which you will sink."