India, April 6 -- Iran has hit back with a global warning after US President Donald Trump launched an expletive-laden threat ahead of a Tuesday "deadline" he has set for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil supplies usually pass.

Trump had said the US will hit energy infrastructure inside Iran if the strait isn't unblockaded. He said on Sunday, "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah," ending his Truth Social post with a Muslim prayer phrase.

Iran replied that the so-called "power plant day" would mean the...