Iran vows harder reply as Hormuz zone looms

Separate facts: Iranian rhetoric, US tanker strikes, and a Yemen death tally.

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Iran says any further US strikes will draw a harder reply. Security chief Mohsen Rezaei says a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz will be announced — announced intent, not a closed strait. CENTCOM says US forces hit Iranian oil tankers, with vessels named in US public affairs. AFP counts more than 140 combatant deaths in Yemen over the weekend.