Iran, it seems you have not yet figured out that you are the “beta dog” here. PRO TIP: The US is the “alpha dog” and if we have to, we will make that painfully clear to you. We will ragdoll you if we have to.
U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz pointed to Iran’s own behavior in the Straits of Hormuz, making clear that no single country controls that passage. Any attempt to treat it like private territory runs against established maritime law. [emphasis added]
… The United States has made it abundantly clear: the Strait of Hormuz stays open, traffic moves, and anybody trying to interfere finds out quickly where the boundary sits.