Iranian Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei Warns Hormuz Vessels Face Targeting and Damage

Two contemporaneous First Squawk posts citing IRIB provide direct, consistent evidence that Iranian Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf do not pass safely and eventually suffer damage. He also said five to six vessels that Americans are trying to move are usually targeted, while Iran has not yet decided to sink them because they carry petroleum products. This is a concrete, forward-looking geopolitical escalation warning—not market-price commentary—with potential effects on vessel routing, war-risk insurance, tanker capacity, and Gulf crude and feedstock availability. The development remains matched to existing event 1255 because it is a distinct milestone within the same Strait of Hormuz maritime-security and oil-trade disruption storyline, not a duplicate. The remarks' exact occurrence time is not stated, so 20:27:20Z is used as a publication-proximate estimate with reduced timestamp confidence.