The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it targeted an aircraft carrier and a destroyer belonging to the US Navy with ballistic missiles, confirming that the two ships fled the area of the clash after sustaining damage, and warned of strong responses if hostilities continued.
AI-generated summary
The statement comes in the context of ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States in the Gulf, where Tehran accuse American ships by harassing Iranian ships and participating in a naval blockade.
The statement said: “We targeted with ballistic missiles an aircraft carrier and a destroyer belonging to the American army, the aggressor who killed children.”
The statement added: "The two American military ships fled the area of the clash after sustaining damage."
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He continued: "The targeted American aircraft carrier and destroyer caused harassment to Iranian ships and participated in the naval blockade."
The statement stressed that "the aggressor enemy has been roaming the region for years with false arrogance and empty claims, and was forced to officially acknowledge this."
The statement added: "The enemy was forced to officially acknowledge that two US Navy warships were attacked, and the US Central Command's (CENTCOM) recognition of the confirmation of this operation is conclusive evidence of the enemy's strategic defeat, and proof of the offensive power of the Revolutionary Guards."
The statement concluded: "If hostilities continue, the American regime must expect strong responses from the Iranian armed forces. We are stronger than ever. Victory is the ally of the steadfast Islamic Iranian nation, and defeat and remorse are the inevitable fate of the aggressors."
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Iranian armed forces will increase their warnings to American ships in the Gulf
Likely · Within weeks
US Central Command may seek to bolster its military presence in the region in response to the attack
Possible · Within months
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