‘DO_BSOH>0 = f(f(O))>f(O)’: Iran mocks Trump’s Hormuz Strait ‘blockade’ move, warns no Gulf ports will be safe

As US President Donald Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran on Monday strongly criticised the US plans, warning that no port in the Persian Gulf will be safe if its own maritime security is threatened.

In a statement shared by state media, Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said that the armed forces of the Islamic Republic will safeguard the country’s rights and sovereignty in its territorial waters, calling it a “natural and legal duty”.

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“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran consider defending the legal rights of our country a natural and legal duty, and accordingly, exercising the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the territorial waters of our country is the natural right of the Iranian nation,” the statement read.

It further added, “The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran clearly and firmly declare that the security of ports in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is either for everyone or for no one. If the security of the ports of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is threatened, no port in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be safe.”

The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters statement also stressed that Tehran will continue to “ensure security in its territorial waters”, adding that no enemy vessels will be allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

“Ensuring security in the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the armed forces will continue with determination, and as has been repeatedly announced, enemy-affiliated vessels do not and will not have the right to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and other vessels will continue to be allowed to pass through the Strait, subject to the regulations of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces,” the statement added.

Iran Parliament Speaker mocks US ‘blockade’ announcement

Meanwhile, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led the country’s delegation to negotiate with the US in Islamabad last week, has mocked the US President’s plan, spinning a “mathematical” formula to portray how the “so-called” blockade would trigger a massive spike in oil and gas prices.

In a social media post on X, Ghalibaf warned that people will soon get “nostalgic” for the current gas prices.

“Enjoy the current pump figures. With the so-called ‘blockade’, Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4-$5 gas. DO_BSOH>0 = f(f(O))>f(O),” he wrote.

In his ‘formula’, BSOH means Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and it appears to show the ripple effect would mean an increase in gas prices as the blockade continues.

US military has said it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports from Monday onwards after Trump announced that the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global crude supply normally passes, will be blocked by the American Navy.