Iran says it seized US underwater vehicle, state media reports

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said it had seized a US Remus 600 autonomous underwater vehicle operating in the Strait of Hormuz and which it said was conducting espionage, Reuters reports, citing state media.

The Guards said the vehicle had been captured using intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities and was being examined by Iranian specialists to recover its data.

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