Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within a week if U.S. lifts blockade

Iran's military on Wednesday described U.S. President Donald Trump 's threats to annihilate Tehran as "a sign of strategic desperation," warning the country stands ready to inflict strikes "more crushing" than earlier in the nearly seven-month conflict.

The combative message, which was carried by Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency, accused Trump of trying to use the United Nations podium to justify aggression.

"Such words demonstrate America's strategic dead end in its aggression against the Iranian nation, and the repetition of baseless claims and threats, given the exhaustion of the U.S. military, is not a sign of power but a sign of their strategic desperation," Iran's General Staff said.