Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed that his forces had attacked 12 Israeli ships.
Salami stated that these attacks were a direct response to assaults on 14 Iranian oil tankers in the Red Sea and Mediterranean.
On Saturday, September 7, Salami made these remarks during a visit by Masoud Pezeshkian to the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters.
Salami accused Israel of targeting Iranian oil tankers in a “mysterious...