Continued US maritime piracy and banditry will face ‘practical, unprecedented’ response

he continued American maritime piracy and banditry in the form of so-called "naval blockade" will soon be met with “practical and unprecedented military action,” a high-ranking security source told Press TV on Wednesday.

Iran's armed forces – operating under the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters as the war command – believe that patience has limits and that a punishing response is necessary if Washington maintains its illegal naval blockade around the Strait of Hormuz, the source said.

He further emphasized that Iran has proven in recent imposed wars that the United States no longer faces a passive or predictable adversary.

Through the spirited resistance of its people and armed forces, and the wise, courageous, and decisive leadership of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran has managed to neutralize and discredit all American options on the table.

The source said the restraint shown by armed forces so far has been intended to give diplomacy a chance, allowing the United States to learn of and accept Iran's conditions for ending the war permanently.

This pause, he hastened to add, was meant to provide President Donald Trump an opportunity to pull the United States out of the current quagmire it finds itself in.

However, if American obstinacy and delusions continue and Iran's conditions are rejected, the official warned that the enemy should soon expect a different kind of response to the ongoing naval blockade, which is akin to maritime banditry.