Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani says “all American terrorists” will ultimately flee the region in the same way the USS Gerald R. Ford commander fled the Red Sea in the face of Iranian retaliatory strikes.

In a post on his X account on Saturday, Qaani said that the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford was forced to retreat from the Red Sea due to fear of Yemeni forces.

“The criminal Trump should apparently fire the commander of the USS Gerald R. Ford too,” Qaani said.

He noted that the US warship, after weeks of “wandering” in the region, ultimately withdrew without transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

“Fearing Yemen’s heroic Mujahedeen and steadfast people, he didn’t dare cross the Bab al-Mandab strait,” Qaani asserted, referring to the strategic chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.

“After two weeks of wandering and a fabricated story, he fled the Red Sea and the region,” he added.

Qaani reiterated that the “ultimate fate of all American terrorist forces is to flee the region.”