"The US Central Command (CENTCOM) released footage of its forces allegedly striking an Iranian drone carrier on Thursday, as the joint US-Israeli operations against Tehran continue. Footage shows a vessel being hit in open waters, followed by flames and smoke. The exact date and location of the footage shared by CENTCOM cannot be independently verified. "US forces aren't holding back on the mission to sink the entire Iranian Navy. Today, an Iranian drone carrier, roughly the size of a WWII aircraft carrier, was struck and is now on fire," CENTCOM wrote on X. Iranian authorities had not commented on the attack or confirmed that the targeted vessel belonged to the country's navy at the time of publication. Tensions escalated in the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched joint military operations against Iran on Saturday, with President Donald Trump vowing to "raze their missile industry to the ground". Tehran said it was responding with strikes on Israel and US assets in the region, with explosions reported in countries right across the Gulf region. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead in a strike on Saturday. The escalations follow three recent rounds of nuclear talks between Iranian and American officials, one held in Muscat and two in Geneva."