The US will continue to target Iran’s military infrastructure if Tehran threatens international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said in an interview with Fox News.

“If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President (Donald) Trump is going to sit by while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response or our bases without a response, they're sadly mistaken, and they saw that loud and clear over the last few nights,” Waltz said on Sunday.

He added that the US would “continue to, militarily, if needed, take down their infrastructure that they’re trying to use to control an international waterway illegally".

Waltz also said technical discussions between Washington and Tehran remain underway, adding that Trump “will always give diplomacy a chance", but “the president’s patience isn’t going to last forever.”

“Don’t think for a second that President Trump isn’t going to leave every option on the table to achieve not just our aim but the entire world’s aim that Iran never has a nuke,” he added.

On Saturday, the US military’s Central Command said that it had carried out strikes against multiple targets in Iran after Tehran’s latest attack on a commercial ship near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, for its part, said it launched missile and drone strikes targeting eight US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the US attacks.

On June 18, the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at reaching a lasting peace agreement, and on June 21, they began talks to implement its provisions and end their war.