Ali Mohammad Naini, a spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, said Tehran was closely watching the situation and waiting to see whether US forces would escort ships through the narrow waterway.

“We are waiting for their presence,” Naini said after the US energy secretary announced that the US Navy was preparing to escort commercial vessels through the strait once conditions allow. The Strait of Hormuz is a critical global energy corridor through which a large share of the world’s oil exports passes. Any disruption to this route can quickly affect global markets and fuel prices.

Naini warned Washington to remember past incidents before making any military move in the region. He referred to the attack on the American supertanker Bridgeton in 1987 during the Iran-Iraq war and also mentioned oil tankers that were recently targeted amid regional tensions.

According to Iran’s Fars news agency, the Guards spokesman said these past events should serve as a reminder of the risks involved in escalating military activity in the sensitive waterway. Meanwhile, Iran’s military announced that it had launched what it called a “massive wave” of drone attacks targeting Israel as well as US military bases in the Gulf region.

In a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency, Iran’s army said its navy carried out coordinated drone strikes as the regional conflict entered its second week. “The Iranian Navy targeted American bases and occupied territories with a massive wave of drone attacks,” the statement said.

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Iran said the targets included the Al Minhad base in the United Arab Emirates and another US facility in Kuwait. It also claimed that a “strategic facility” in Israel was targeted during the operation. The latest developments have raised fears that the conflict could spread further across the Middle East, drawing more countries into the crisis and threatening key global shipping lanes.