Abuhamzeh, the Revolutionary Guards commander mentioned a series of possible targets for reprisals including the Gulf waterway through which about a third of the world's shipborne oil is exported to global markets.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there," Abuhamzeh was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency Tasnim.
"Vital American targets in the region have long since been identified by Iran...Some 35 U.S. targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach," he said, referring to Israel's largest city.
Mohamed Raad, a political leader in Lebanon's heavily armed Hezbollah movement, said retaliation by the Iran-backed "axis of resistance" - militia groups in countries from Lebanon to Yemen - would be decisive, al-Mayadeen TV reported.