Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Commander Mohebbi has claimed that no United States warships are currently in the Persian Gulf. In a report published on August 12, 2026, he said the region had hosted about 30 to 40 US warships before the latest Iran-US war.

Citing Press TV’s report based on the Iranian Broadcasting Corporation, the article said Mohebbi described the situation as a severe decline in the US military presence in the Persian Gulf. He said that before the Ramadan war, the United States had 30 to 40 warships in the area, while there is now not a single American warship in the Gulf.

Mohebbi also said that any renewed threat against Iran could put long power transmission lines, thousands of power plants, American and non-American systems, and global infrastructure connected to the internet at risk. He further claimed that a reduction in US weapons during conflict with Iran has become a threat to Washington’s ability to confront Russia and China in the central Pacific.