'The IDF will hunt you down one by one,' Katz warned.

Iran is rejecting diplomatic efforts to identify an off-ramp and instead escalating attacks on neighboring countries.

'If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!' Trump posted.

'We no longer need, or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID,' Trump wrote.

Trump emphasized that the United States and Israel remain closely aligned in their broader objectives against Iran.

Trump said he hoped that China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and other nations 'that are affected by this artificial constraint' would send vessels

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps first sought to close the Strait of Hormuz, mining both it and the Gulf of Oman four decades ago.

'If for any reason mines were placed and they are not removed forthwith, the military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before,' Trump wrote.

'Beware that you do not become the ones who disappear,' Larijani wrote.

The Iran crisis also prompted Asian governments and refiners to assess oil stockpiles and alternative shipping routes and supplies.

Gen. Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), said Iranian forces will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the United States and its allies if they "threaten" the Islamic Republic, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.

With its eyes on finalizing a nuclear deal, the US refused to condemn Iran for its newest aggression of illegally raiding a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.