Tehran on July 16 threatened to destroy “all the infrastructure in the region,” saying it was engaged in an “existential war” with the United States, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.

U.S. strikes on Iran escalate tensions in West Asia as both nations vie for control of the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed "until the end of America's evils", while warning that other oil…