IRGC Navy intercepts two vessels in southern waters of Hormuz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said on Friday that it halted two tankers in the southern waters of the Strait of Hormuz after they attempted to pass through an unauthorised route. In a statement, the IRGC Navy said the vessels, one in the eastern and the other in the western part of the strait, had switched off their navigation and positioning systems and ignored several radio warnings. It accused the US military of supporting the attempted passage and blamed what it called hostile US actions, along with the vessels’ disregard for Iranian regulations, for the incidents and fires aboard the ships. The IRGC Navy also said another vessel that caught fire in the southern waters of the strait on Thursday night had sunk.