TEHRAN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian military said Wednesday that it fired several cruise missiles from Iran's southern coast at the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, some of which struck the warship and "forced it to change its position," media reports showed.

Meanwhile, Iran's Navy Commander Shahram Irani said the warship is under constant surveillance, and will come under "crushing" attacks again when it enters the range of Iranian missile systems, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday.

Writing on social media platform X, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran is closely monitoring all U.S. movements in the West Asia region, especially its troop deployments.

These developments came amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, to which Iran and its regional allies responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East.