Iran’s IRGC Navy Chief Says Forces Await US Warship Near Hormuz to Sink It

This is rhetorical escalation from a naval commander, not a reported change in force posture — the claim that a US warship is holding at distance is itself an assertion by the Iranian side, and no movement or incident is described. The significance lies in the venue: the Strait of Hormuz is the chokepoint for Gulf crude and LNG, so belligerent language there carries more market weight than the same words would elsewhere. The open question is whether this stays declaratory or is matched by actual naval activity near the strait's entrance.