A surviving senior Iranian leader issued a chilling threat against President Trump early Tuesday in response to the commander-in-chief’s own warning of a massive escalation of “Death, Fire and Fury.”
Ali Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, shared a Tuesday night Truth Social post by Trump in which the president threatened to hit Iran “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if it thwarted oil supplies.
“Iran does not fear your paper threats,” Larijani wrote defiantly on X.
Ali Larijani threatened President Trump on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. REUTERS“Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation,” he wrote. “Watch out for yourself — lest you be eliminated!”
Larijani previously issued a fiery warning to President Trump on Saturday, insisting that he must “pay the price” following the highly successful US and Israeli air strikes that have wiped out much of Iran’s top brass.
His latest defiance came as Trump warned of further escalation if the Islamic Republic meddled with pil supplies.
“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 warned in his late-night post, saying that “Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them.”
“This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated,” he wrote, with his now trademark sign-off: “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Oil prices fell sharply in early Tuesday trading following Trump’s comments that the war will end “very soon.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also reiterated Trump’s warning to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, through which flows some 20% of the world’s oil supplies.
“If Iran does anything to stop the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America 20 times harder than they have been hit thus far,” Hegseth said at a news conference.
At the same news conference, military chiefs did not rule out the US escorting ships through the chokepoint.
“We’ll look at the range of options to set the military conditions to be able to do that,” Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in response to a question about US escorts.
