‘Beware lest you be the ones to vanish’: Iran's Larijani hits back after Trump threat

‘Beware lest you be the ones to vanish’: Iran's Larijani hits back after Trump threat Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 11:59 Security chief warns US after Trump vowed to hit Iran 'twenty times harder' if Hormuz strait remains closed Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, delivers a statement after meeting with Lebanon’s parliament speaker in Beirut on 15 November 2024 (AFP) Off Ali Larijani, the head of the Iranian National Security Council, has issued a strong warning to Donald Trump, after the US president threatened “death, fire and fury” on Iran . Trump posted on Truth Social late on Monday, threatening to strike Iran hard if it continued to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. “They will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far,” he wrote.