The Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters, Iran's emergency command center, stated that "the United States violated the ceasefire by firing on one of Iran's commercial vessels." It was also reported that "Iran will soon respond and retaliate for the 'armed maritime piracy' carried out by the American military. After the U.S. attacked the vessel, Iranian forces also attacked several American military ships using drones." According to the statement, the attacked ship was en route from China to Iran.

