India, June 22 -- As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, several Iranian officials have warned of 'severe consequences' for the US in response to its recent strikes in Iran.

Reacting to the US' strikes on Iran, a representative for Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a fresh warning to the United States. Follow LIVE updates on Iran-Israel war here.

"It is now our turn to act without delay. As a first step, we must launch a missile strike on the US naval fleet in Bahrain and simultaneously close the Strait of Hormuz to American, British, German, and French ships," Hossein Shariatmadari, was quoted as saying in Kayhan newspaper - a conservative and hard-line Iranian daily.

Shariatmadari is the managing e...