A senior adviser to parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissed the move as meaningless, warning it was 'a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike.'

Iran’s government said on Saturday that it had reimposed 'strict control' over the Strait of Hormuz as gunboats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on three commercial vessels.

Regional mediators, including Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey, were pushing a 45-day ceasefire as part of a two-phase deal that could lead to a permanent end to the fighting.

'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.