Iranian adviser calls US “pirates with aircraft carriers,” warns of retaliation “Prepare to face a graveyard of your carriers”

Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said in a post on X that Tehran is prepared to turn the sea into a “graveyard” for US vessels if hostilities resume between the two countries.

“The U.S. is the only pirate in the world that possesses aircraft carriers. Our ability to confront pirates is no less than our ability to sink warships. Prepare to face a graveyard of your carriers and forces, just as the wreckage of your aircraft was left behind in Isfahan,” the statement said.

The U.S. is the only pirate in the world that possesses aircraft carriers. Our ability to confront pirates is no less than our ability to sink warships.
Prepare to face a graveyard of your carriers and forces, just as the wreckage of your aircraft was left behind in Isfahan.

— محسن رضایی (@ir_rezaee) May 3, 2026

Rezaei’s comments followed remarks by US President Donald Trump on May 1, in which he said the US Navy was acting “like pirates” while enforcing what he described as a blockade of Iranian ports during the war involving the United States and Israel against Iran.

“We took over the ship, we took over the cargo, we took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business,” Trump said on the evening of May 1. “We're like pirates. We’re sort of like pirates, but we are not playing games.”

By Jeyhun Aghazada