Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of War, said that if Iran fires at American ships, U.S. forces will target Iran’s oil tankers and sink them.

Hegseth wrote on Saturday, ۱۴ Shahrivar, on his X account and in relation to a statement by CENTCOM about the targeting of three Iranian oil tankers: “The matter is simple; if Iran fires at American ships, we will destroy and sink its tankers. All they have to do is not fire at the U.S. Navy.”

He added: “The fleet of Iran’s oil tankers is defenseless. Iran has no navy or air force. Our aircraft, ships, and submarines can all target them.”

CENTCOM had previously announced that it targeted three Iran-linked oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ ballistic missiles were fired at two U.S. aircraft carriers.