Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, head of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic, in response to statements by Donald Trump, the President of the United States, about announcing the Strait of Hormuz as “American territory,” said that the Islamic Republic owns and rules the Strait of Hormuz, and any invading force in this region will be destroyed.

Mohseni-Ejei said: “The owner and ruler of the Strait of Hormuz is Islamic Iran. The boot of imperialism will never tread on the Strait of Hormuz.”

He also called the U.S. president’s remarks about the Strait of Hormuz “nonsense and nonsense,” and said: “These remarks are rooted in the delusions of this idle-minded person.”