Iranian missiles and drones "are locked on American targets in the region and aggressor enemy ships," Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force Gen. Majid Mousavi said in a short statement on Saturday, Islamic Republic state media reported.

Mousavi added that the military is "awaiting the command to fire."

In a separate note, the IRGC Navy Command warned in a post on X that any attack on Iranian oil tankers and commercial vessels will result in "heavy attack on one of the American centers in the region and enemy ships," the Iranian state media reported.

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Iranian officials on Saturday denied Reuters' report on a suspected oil spill near Kharg Island, calling the claims "false and part of the enemy’s psychological operations."

"No official report has confirmed this issue so far," Musa Ahmadi, chairman of the energy commission of Iran’s parliament, told the semi-official ISNA News Agency on Saturday. "I have followed up on the matter, and official reports have not confirmed it," he added.

Responding to claims about damage to Iranian oil reserves and oil leaking into the sea due to the country’s inability to store it, Ahmadi said Iran had adopted "appropriate measures for oil storage and production management."

He added that oil production across the country’s fields continues "without any problems."

"The stains observed in satellite images around Kharg Island are linked to oil residue and ballast water discharged by tankers," Pourkabgani said, according to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency on Saturday.

He claimed that a European tanker "had discharged waste into the sea, causing environmental damage," but provided no further details about the vessel.

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The U.S. Central Command said it redirected 58 commercial vessels and disabled four since April 13 as part of its blockade on Iran.

"The U.S. Naval blockade against Iran continues be to fully enforced," CENTCOM said in a post on X.

The United Kingdom said it is sending a destroyer, the HMS Dragon, to the Middle East in anticipation of the deployment of a future international mission in the Strait of Hormuz, AFP reported in a post on X.

The destroyer is currently in the Mediterranean, the AFP report added.

The U.K. and France said in April they were planning a "peaceful multinational mission" that would ensure safe passage for ships in the strait as a defensive measure. The two countries said it would be separate from the warring parties to the conflict and intended to be deployed as soon as circumstances permit.

On Wednesday, France deployed its carrier strike group to the Red Sea as part of planning for a potential mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported.

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament who led Tehran's negotiating delegation to Islamabad in April, said in a post to X on Tuesday that Iran knows "full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America; while we have not even begun yet."

"The new equation of the Strait of Hormuz is in the process of being solidified," Ghalibaf wrote on X, in a reference to Tehran's claimed control of the strait. "The security of shipping and energy transit has been jeopardized by the United States and its allies through the violation of the ceasefire and the imposition of a blockade; of course, their evil will diminish."

U.S. Central Command began its "Project Freedom" mission on Monday to guide commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz despite continued Iranian threats against and attacks on cargo vessels in the strategic waterway.

Top Iranian officials have warned that the operation could prompt a new round of fighting, and on Monday the United Arab Emirates accused Iran of launching new missile and drone attacks against it.