Pakistan, July 18 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy warned on Friday that the US was moving closer to the "zero hour" for a potential Iranian military operation against US Central Command (CENTCOM) naval units in regional waters.

In a statement carried by Iranian state television, the IRGC Navy Command said the movements and military equipment of US forces were "under surveillance" by Iran's naval units.

"The Americans are drawing closer by the moment to the zero hour of an operation by Iran's Armed Forces against CENTCOM naval units in the region's waters," it said.

Earlier, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X that US forces destroyed a surveillance tower at Iran's Shahid Kalantari Port in Chabahar on July...