[94106] Trump threatens Iran: "If you close the Strait of Hormuz - your country will be destroyed"

The tension in the Strait of Hormuz: Trump vs. Iran

In a series of harsh statements made on June 21, 2026, former US President Donald Trump warned Iran against attempting to close the Strait of Hormuz. In interviews he gave to the Fox News network, Trump claimed that he spoke with Iranian officials and conveyed an unequivocal message to them: "If you close the strait - you will not have a country."

According to Amit Segal and reports on Amichai Stein | The Diplomatic Channel, Trump emphasized that the US intends to act with determination, while News from the Field on Telegram (a channel expressing positions defined as pro-Israel and critical of Iran and Hamas) quoted him as saying: "We are the guardian angel of the Middle East... we won't let you go home, we will bomb you."

In Ongoing Security and Security Flashes 24/7 it was added that Trump threatened Iranian negotiators that they would not be able to return to their country in the event of an escalation, and even noted that "their country will be destroyed" if the strait is blocked.

On the other hand, Security Flashes 24/7 also reported on the response of Ebrahim Rezai, spokesman for the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament. Rezai rejected the remarks and called them "threats and tricks" whose time has passed, and claimed that the US has tried unsuccessfully to take control of the strait for over a hundred days of fighting, thereby presenting the official Iranian narrative which views the American threats as lacking practical execution capability.