Middle East crisis live: Trump warns Iranian forces they will be ‘blown off the face of the Earth’ if they target US ships

US president’s comment echoes threat that ‘whole civilisation will die’ as tension over strait of Hormuz ramps up again • Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade We have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other foreign armed forces would be attacked if they entered the strait of Hormuz (see post at 07.39 for more details).

Abdollahi also said: We will maintain and vigorously manage the security of the strait of Hormuz with all our might, and we inform all commercial ships and tankers to refrain from any attempt to transit without the coordination of the armed forces stationed in the strait of Hormuz, so as not to jeopardise their security.

Crédito editorial: conteúdo exibido a partir do feed oficial de The Guardian World, dentro da curadoria de Conflitos do Eventos Históricos.