Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy command has warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial ships will be met with a large attack on its vessels as well as an American base in the region, Iran’s state-run IRIB News agency reports according to Al Jazeera.

“Any attack on Iranian oil tankers and commercial ships will be met with a wide attack on one of the American bases in the region and enemy ships,” the IRGC Navy Command was quoted by IRIB News.