Iran live updates: IRGC says Strait of Hormuz will 'never' revert to pre-war state

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval Command said in a post to X overnight that the Strait of Hormuz "will never return to its former state, especially for America and Israel."

"The navy of the IRGC is in the process of completing the operational preparations for the announced plan of Iran's officials for the new order in the Persian Gulf," the statement said.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' chief of intelligence, Majid Khademi, was killed in an attack overnight, the IRGC's public relations arm confirmed in a statement on Monday.

The IRGC statement blamed the "American-Israeli enemy" for Khademi's killing.

Khademi had been recently appointed to the role, replacing the previous intelligence chief -- Mohammad Kazemi -- who was killed in an Israeli attack in June during the 12-day war.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Monday that Israel was responsible for the assassination. Khademi, Katz said, was "directly responsible" for "war crimes and one of the three most senior figures" in the IRGC.

In a post to X, the Israel Defense Forces said Khademi was "one of the IRGC's most senior commanders and had accumulated extensive experience over many years."

The Sharif University of Technology has been hit by airstrikes, according to Iranian state media.

The strikes reportedly hit a gas station near the university gas station, causing a "temporary gas outage" in the Sharif neighborhood.

Iranian-American Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., denounced the reported overnight bombing in a post to X on Monday.

"Sharif University is Iran's MIT. They've produced a huge number of engineers who've gone on to Silicon Valley and founded some of the most successful American tech companies," Ansari wrote in her post. "Why are we bombing a university in a city of 10 million people?"

Sharif University is a leading public research institution and widely regarded as Iran's top university for science, engineering and technology.

Masoud Tajrishi, the university's president, condemned the attack in a video message sent from the scene of the incident, standing next to a pile of rubble outside a damaged building.

President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday that if Iran doesn't make a peace deal in 48 hours, "we're blowing up the whole country."

In a phone interview with ABC News' senior political correspondent Rachel Scott, Trump said he expects the Iranian government to make a deal in "days, not weeks."

"If it happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country," Trump said. "We're blowing up, as I said, it's going to be bridge day and it's going to be power plant day in the country of Iran."

Trump said "very little" is "off limits" if no deal is made. Asked if that meant targets would include civilian infrastructure, Trump replied, "I don't want to talk about that."

Trump also said he hasn't ruled out sending ground troops to Iran.

"I don't think it's necessary, but I don't rule anything out," Trump said.

When asked if he'll extend the deadline to give Iran more time to make a peace deal, Trump said, "They have plenty of time to make a deal."

"They don't want to make a deal; their whole country is gone," Trump said.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott