Iran says no unauthorised vessels transited Strait of Hormuz overnight after navigation aids destroyed
- Navigational aids in the southern Strait of Hormuz were destroyed, but no unauthorized vessels crossed overnight, according to an unnamed Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy official.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy said three oil tankers exploded and caught fire in unauthorized shipping lanes, and warned vessels to follow Iran’s navigation rules.
- Iranian officials described the confrontation as demonstrating limits in the ability of the United States and its allies to overcome Iran’s defenses.
- IRGC spokesperson Major General Hossein Mohebbi said the Strait of Hormuz remained under Iran’s control and urged observers to focus on events at sea.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy has claimed that it has destroyed the enemy's navigation systems in the southern part of the Hormuz Strait. Iran has alleged that they were being used for illegal oil smuggling in US military security.
No sea mines have been cleared in Strait of Hormuz: IRGC
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – The spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected reports that naval mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that no such operation has taken place.
US lies about Strait of Hormuz control and mines clearance
The recent incidents involving several oil tankers in the region prove Trump’s claims false," IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi says, adding the strait is "completely closed".No country dared to enter the waterway to clear the mines...
As efforts continue to contain tension between Washington and Tehran, the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is escalating, as the Revolutionary Guards have declared the destruction of southern-Strait navigation systems, in conjunction with the formation by America of a new task force for border control.
IRGC Navy announces halt to oil smuggling via illegal Strait of Hormuz passage: Report
A report by Fars News Agency, citing an informed source in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, said no unauthorized vessels managed to enter the illegal passage overnight following the destruction of the navigation systems.
No unauthorized vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz overnight, an unnamed official from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy was quoted by Iranian state media as saying. “No unauthorized vessels passed through the sea route overnight,” the official said. He said navigation systems in the southern part of the strait had been destroyed. The statement did not specify the number, names or flags of the ships that were tracked, nor did i…
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