Iran said on Thursday it would respond with “long and painful strikes” on US positions if Washington renewed attacks and restated its claim to the Strait of ​Hormuz, complicating US plans for a coalition to reopen the waterway, Reuters reported. 

Aerospace Force Commander ​Majid Mousavi was quoted by Iran's official media SNN as saying: “We’ve seen what happened to your regional bases, we will see the same thing happen to your warships.”

Mousavi was responding to a statements by the US military's CENTCOM commander claiming the success of the US blockade against Iran, according to SNN.