Iran Guards say 'seized' two ships attempting to cross Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized two "violating ships" in the Strait of Hormuz, directing them to Iranian waters.
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- AFP
- Published Date: 01:25 | 22 April 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that their naval forces stopped two ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz and directed them to the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic.
"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval force this morning identified and stopped in the Strait of Hormuz two violating ships," the Guards said in a statement.
"The two offending ships .... were seized by the IRGC's naval forces and directed to the Iranian coast."
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