🚨 Every time the Islamic Republic tries to hit the U.S. Navy, it will lose more of the oil tankers keeping its collapsing economy alive. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran will lose tankers every time it tries to attack U.S. Navy ships, laying out a brutal cost for every attempted strike. After the IRGC fired ballistic missiles at U.S. warships and failed to cause casualties, the United States retaliated against Iranian oil tankers, directly targeting the Islamic Republic’s remaining ability to move and monetize its oil. A single large crude tanker can carry around 2 million barrels, while Iran’s sanctioned shadow fleet is finite, expensive and extremely difficult to replace under blockade and sanctions. The Islamic Republic also lacks the naval power to adequately protect these vessels, leaving it with a disastrous equation: fire missiles at heavily defended American warships and risk losing the tankers Iran desperately needs to generate hard currency. With oil exports already under enormous pressure, every tanker removed further damages export capacity, hard-currency revenue and the money available to sustain the IRGC and its proxy network. The United States is turning every failed Islamic Republic attack into another economic punishment, forcing it to choose between backing down or watching the fleet keeping it financially alive disappear piece by piece.