The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a statement on Sunday calling the latest claim by the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran not to attack civilians in neighboring countries "false" and rejected. Centcom clarified that the Iranian government not only deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure, residential areas and other facilities in countries neighboring the Persian Gulf, but also deliberately attacked civilian sailors at sea, killing more than 20 of them in recent months. This order emphasized that "Iran's blind and aimless aggression is clear and unjustified."