US denial
Meanwhile, US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied the claim that the navy targeted a US Navy destroyer.
“Iran is lying. US military assets at sea continue to fly, sail, and operate safely and unimpeded,” CENTCOM said on X.
In a separate development, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Wednesday that any attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, would trigger a “full-scale resumption” of the Middle East war, as Israel pressed its attacks in southern Lebanon.
“Any attack on Beirut will have grave consequences and will lead to a full-scale resumption of the war,” the Tasnim news agency quoted Araghchi as telling Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV.
Araghchi said earlier that Tehran would continue military strikes against sites allegedly used in attacks on Iran, after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) fired missiles on Kuwait and Bahrain.
