Persian → English transcript

U.S.

destroyer fifty- eight,

do you copy?

U.S. destroyer

fifty- eight,

do you copy?

U.S. destroyer,

can you hear me?

U.S. destroyer,

you are in the territorial waters of Iran and you are moving,

and the sacred flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran must be raised at the highest

point of your ship.

I am an Iranian fishing boat.

My dad will not let it go,

tell him, tell him,

let’s fire a

missile at it.

Right now it is on

course toward the

Asaluyeh platform

and it has not

hoisted the

Iranian flag

either. It is heading toward platform thirteen. Popular forces, popular forces,

you do not talk.

Do not communicate with the destroyer.

Long live, long live Ya Ali. Ya

Ali, goodbye.