Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has struck a tanker attempting to traverse an “illegal route” through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has sought to blockade since the outset of the Middle East war, AFP reports.
Iranian forces “have taken control of the administration of the strait”, the Guards say in a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA. “In carrying out this mission, a few hours ago, a giant LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) carrier named NV Sunshine, owned by NatWit, which was attempting to transit via the illegal route south of the Strait of Hormuz, was struck.”
