GENEVA (REUTERS) - Iran observes all US ships in the Gulf region and has an archive of images of their daily movements, the head of Iran's navy, Rear-Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said on Tuesday (July 23), according to the Young Journalists Club news site.

"We observe all enemy ships, particularly America, point-by-point from their origin until the moment they enter the region," Rear-Adm Khanzadi said, noting that images were recorded using Iranian drones.

"We have complete images and a large archive of the daily and moment-by-moment traffic of the coalition forces and America."

Iran and the United States came to the brink of war last month after the Islamic Republic shot down a US drone, nearly prompting a retaliatory attack which US President Donald Trump called off at the last minute.