Iran warns US energy firms face strikes if Washington attacks tankers

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf threatened US energy companies with strikes in response to US Secretary of War Hegseth's threat to destroy Iranian oil tankers. This escalates rhetoric in the ongoing US-Iran confrontation, signaling potential asymmetric retaliation targeting US economic assets. The threat is unverified and part of a verbal exchange, but it raises the risk of direct conflict in the Gulf.