Iran plans new Gulf exclusion zone, threatens US with missiles

Iran plans to establish a new maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf and threatens the US with missile escalation. This move aims to reassert leverage over the strategic waterway, potentially destabilizing regional security and disrupting global oil supplies and shipping. In response, a senior US official stated that the Strait of Hormuz remains fully open and under US Navy control, directly challenging Tehran's threats and the potential reduction of diplomatic resolutions between the two nations.