Iran has escalated the war of words with the U.S., openly mocking Donald Trump’s threat to push the country “back to the Stone Age.” Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ridiculed the feasibility of a naval blockade, while President Masoud Pezeshkian called it an extension of war. A senior advisor even warned that such moves could trigger a global economic “ice age,” hitting Western systems harder than Iran. Despite the rising rhetoric, Trump insists this is not a war but a military operation, claiming the blockade is already crippling Iran’s economy. Tensions around Hormuz are now at a boiling point.