Iran FIRES BACK at US with new warning: 'Only the beginning'

JASON: WE BEGIN THIS SUNDAY. MORNING WITH THE LATEST FROM THE. MIDDLE AS THE UNITED STATES. CONTINUE IT IS APPLY MAXIMUM. FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN. THE EUROPEAN UNION NOW AGREEING. TO JOIN OPERATION ECONOMIC. OUTCAST WITH TREASURY SECRETARY. SCOTT BESSENT PRAISING THE E.U. FOR TAKING A, QUOTE, STRONG AND. EARLY STANCE. THIS AS U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND. ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IT HAD. STRUCK THREE IRANIAN OIL TANKERS.

IN RETALIATION FOR A FAILED. IRANIAN ATTEMPT TO ATTACK TWO. NAVY WARSHIPS. STEVE HARRIGAN IS LIVE IN TEL. AVIV. STEVE. >> Reporter: JASON, IT'S BEEN. A REAL COMBINATION OF FINANCIAL. PRESSURE AS WELL AS MILITARY. FORCE. THE U.S. MILITARY HITTING THREE. IRANIAN TANKERS, OIL TANKERS, ON. SATURDAY. NOW, THE RESPONSE BY THE U.S. WAS -- CAME AFTER AN ATTACK BY. IRAN. IRAN LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES. AGAINST U.S. WARSHIPS IN THE.

REGION TRYING AND FAILING TO. ATTACK TWO U.S. WARSHIPS IN THE. REGION. THEY SUCCESSFULLY EVADED THAT. ATTACK, AND U.S. OFFICIALS. CONTINUE TO STRESS THAT THE. ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST IRAN. NOW INCLUDING BOTH THE PRESSURE. ON THE PORTS, THE BLOCKADE AS. WELL AS THESE ATTACKS ON. TANKERS, IS ESSENTIALLY. CRIPPLING IRAN'S ECONOMY. >> WE ARE RUNNING OPERATION. ECONOMIC OUTCAST RIGHT NOW, AND. THIS IS THE GREATEST ECONOMIC.

ISOLATION OPERATION IN THE. HISTORY OF THE WORLD. WE ARE GOING TO ASPHYXIATE THIS. REGIME. NOW WE HAVE THE BLOCKADE, AND. BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKADE THE OIL. IS NOT GETTING OUT. >> Reporter: IRANIAN OFFICIALS. SAY THEY PLAN TO TAKE THE. REVENGE FOR THOSE THREE TANKERS. HIT BY THE U.S. MILITARY. [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]. >> TRANSLATOR: AMERICANS SURELY. UNDERSTAND THAT THE.

PROPORTIONATE RESPONSES IS OVER. AND THAT OUR STRIKES IN RECENT. OPERATIONS AGAINST U.S. AGGRESSIVE BASES ARE ONLY THE. BEGINNING. >> Reporter: FINALLY, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE. SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED THE MAIN. SEA LINES IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ FROM THOSE SEA MINES. JASON, BACK TO Y.