Washington DC, June 22 -- United States' former Treasury Department official and a terror finance analyst, Jonathan Schanzer has warned that America will respond with "unbelievable force" if Iran attempts to close the Strait of Hormuz.

His comments come in the wake of recent US airstrikes targeting three key Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Iran's main enrichment location for uranium enrichment to 60 per cent.

"Any attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz right now will be met with probably unbelievable force from the United States. Now that this has started, it's not that difficult to imagine the French or the Brits coming in to clear the lanes... I see the Iranians as being absolutely suicidal if they go down this route, and...