India, March 10 -- Iran on Tuesday responded to United States President Donald Trump's warning that America would strike "twenty times harder" if oil passage through the Strait of Hormuz is disrupted.

"If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani retorted, saying the Strait of Hormuz "will either be a strait of peace and prosperity for all or will be a strait of defeat and suffering for 'warmongers'."

Iran has targeted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage for traded oil, thus sending oil prices soaring and lead...