Iran’s IRGC attacks US-linked tankers in Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced attacks on three oil tankers and three vessels linked to the United States.

According to Tasnim, the vessels were traveling through the Strait of Hormuz along “unauthorized routes.”

“Three oil tankers illegally passing through the Strait of Hormuz and three vessels linked to the United States were attacked,” the IRGC said in a statement.

The Corps stated that the attacks came in retaliation for an earlier assault by US forces on three Iranian tankers. Following the strikes, Iranian forces warned vessels operating in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz area to avoid routes not approved by Tehran.

By Jeyhun Aghazada