A day after US President Donald Trump threatened to “shoot down and destroy" Iranian vessels, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Thursday that his forces would destroy American warships if provoked.
"I have ordered our naval forces to destroy any American terrorist force in the Persian Gulf that threatens [the] security of Iran's military or non-military ships," Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami said. "Security of the Persian Gulf is part of Iran's strategic priorities."