Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has warned that any vessels approaching the Strait of Hormuz “will be considered as cooperation with the enemy, and the offending vessel will be targeted”.

“Iran’s IRGC warns that no vessel of any kind should move from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman, stating that approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy, and the offending vessel will be targeted,” the force has said in a statement, carried by Iranian state broadcaster Press TV.

It additionally informs all vessels and their owners to only follow updates from official IRGC Navy channels, and that statements by US President Donald Trump on the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf “have no credibility”.