Trump met with advisers on Iran options, sources say

President Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that any further damage done to "Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto" will be paid for by Iranian assets seized by the U.S.

"Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls," Trump said in the post Thursday.

The president did not specify locations where his new decree applies, nor did he specify which seized assets will be used to pay for the damages.

"These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do," Trump added in the post.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

President Donald Trump is considering a range of options to dramatically escalate American military strikes on Iran, two senior administration officials told ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl on Thursday.

The officials said that among options the president is considering is a return the level of full-scale attacks seen during the opening days of Operation Epic Fury -- and possible even more so.

The officials point to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments earlier Thursday, in which he said Iran would pay a disproportionate price for their actions -- far beyond "an eye for an eye," referencing remarks he said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made recently.

"The president's policy is a head for an eye. I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be. I mean, they will pay a very heavy price," Rubio said Thursday morning at the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines.

U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces have redirected 12 commercial vessels and disabled one to prevent ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports or coastal areas since resuming the naval blockade nine days ago.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Thursday that the situation in the Middle East is "getting out of control."

Addressing the United Nations Security Council in New York, the Secretary-General said the situation is "teetering on the edge of the unimaginable."

"The region is being pulled into an ever-widening circle of confrontation. One crisis feeds another. One escalation triggers the next," he added.

Guterres called for international rights and freedoms around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb to be "fully restored," stressing "there is no military solution to the conflict."

"Diplomacy is the only way forward," Guterres said.