Tensions between the United States and Iran are at an all-time high. On Thursday morning, the Iranian military seized two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. In an interview after the seizure of the oil rigs, the former head of Iran’s state broadcasting organization later threatened that the United States would be massacred in the Persian Gulf. The threat comes just 24 hours after the U.S. Navy shot down a drone that was hovering over the U.S.S. Lincoln. The Jerusalem Post had more details to add on the latest threat from Iran: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy claims it seized two vessels near Farsi Island that were carrying smuggled fuel, Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported on Thursday. The IRGC Navy’s Public Relations Department alleged that more than one million liters of fuel were found on the ships. The 15 foreign crew members were referred to the judicial authorities. According to ISNA, the vessels had been operating within a smuggling network over the past several months and were intercepted through monitoring, intelligence work, and IRGC naval operations. Later on Thursday, Ezzatollah Zarghami, former minister and former head of Iran’s state broadcasting organization (IRIB), warned that “the Strait of Hormuz will be the place of massacre and hell.” “I am sure that the Strait of Hormuz will be the place of massacre and hell for the US… Iran will show that the Strait of Hormuz has historically belonged to Iran. The only thing the Americans can think of is playing with their vessels and moving them from one place to another,” he continued. Here’s the threat: Ezzatollah Zarghami, former head of Iran’s state broadcasting organization and former minister, threatens the Americans: “The Strait of Hormuz will be a killing field and a hell for the Americans. Iran will show that the Strait of Hormuz has historically belonged to Iran. The… pic.twitter.com/8EbFGWXT9L — The Middle Eastern (@TMiddleEastern) February 5, 2026 AP reported on the U.S. Navy’s latest military actions against Iran: A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, threatening to ramp up tensions as the Trump administration warns of possible military action to get Iran to the negotiating table. The drone “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier with “unclear intent” and kept flying toward it “despite de-escalatory measures taken by U.S. forces operating in international waters,” Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said in a statement. The shootdown occurred within hours of Iranian forces harassing a U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed merchant vessel that was sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said.