Live Updates: Iran Responds to Trump's Strait of Hormuz Comments; Katie Miller's Podcast Continues to Grow US President Donald Trump's statement that Iran is not allowed to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil exports, has sparked a stern response from Tehran.
Iranian officials have emphasized that they will not be intimidated by Trump's comments. The country's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, took to Twitter to express his dissatisfaction with the US president's statement.
"It is a lie that we would close the Strait of Hormuz," Zarif wrote. "The United States knows very well that closing this waterway will not be in their interest.