Iran vows ‘we will find you’ to 2 US Navy officers the day warship returns from Middle East

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Iran's embassy in South Africa posted a "We will find you" threat targeting two USS Spruance officers as the destroyer returned to San Diego.

Iran threats against US officers should set off ‘alarm bells’ in Washington, Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior fellow, Behnam Taleblu, warns.

Iran’s embassy in South Africa threatened two U.S. Navy officers with a "We will find you" message online as their warship returned to San Diego on Friday after a historic 357-day deployment that included combat against Iranian forces.

The warning, posted on X on Nov. 13 alongside images identifying the USS Spruance’s commanding officer and executive officer, prompted a regional expert to warn that Iran’s public targeting of American service members should set off alarm bells in Washington.

The embassy identified Cmdr. Leigh R. Tate, commanding officer of the Spruance, and Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey E. York, the ship’s executive officer.

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The embassy had previously singled out the officers in a March 28 post accusing them of ordering Tomahawk missile launches that killed 168 children at an elementary school in Minab, Iran.

"Remember these two criminals," the earlier post began. "Don’t they have children of their own?" the embassy asked at the time.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warned that the rhetoric coming out of Tehran should be taken seriously given Iran’s history of plotting attacks against American officials.

"This should be setting off alarm bells in Washington, in the White House, the Pentagon, and even within CENTCOM," Taleblu told Fox News Digital. "The Islamic Republic has literally identified personnel that they allege are involved in strikes against the regime, and they’re talking about retribution."

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