A senior Iranian official warned that U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz are within striking range, claiming American naval forces are now “under our missile launchers.”

Iran International reported that Mohsen Rezai, a military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, made the remarks in a video, escalating tensions in the strategic waterway.

“The launchers have most likely been moved by our brothers and are now aimed at the Abraham Lincoln and all American warships,” Rezai said. “They are all under our launchers now and we will sink them all. We will not allow a single one to escape us.”