Tehran, Aug. 18 -- As Donald Trump continued his assertions over control of the Strait of Hormuz through an AI-generated image depicting the strategic waterway as "NEW U.S. Territory", Iran hit back at the US President, warning that his claims would be "corrected", while labelling his claims as delusions.

Sharing the image in a post on X, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who described the US President as a "deluded man", said on Tuesday that while Trump had correctly referred to the "eternal Persian Gulf", his claims over the Strait of Hormuz would soon be corrected, either by circumstances or by Iran itself.

"Just as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, soon his delusion regarding the Strait of ...