New Delhi, April 16 -- A military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, warned on Wednesday that Tehran would target and sink US vessels in the Strait of Hormuz if Washington attempts to "police" the strategic waterway. This comes as the US moves to enforce a military blockade in the Strait.

"Mr Trump wants to become the police of the Strait of Hormuz. Is this really your job? Is this the job of a powerful army like the US?" Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards who was named as a military adviser by Khamenei last month, told state TV, as reported by AFP.

Long regarded as a hardliner even within the Revolutionary Guards, Rezaei headed the Revolutionary Guards from 1981 to 1997.

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