Four non-compliant vessels challenged Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, two were intercepted, and two were able to withdraw. The U.S. shadow presence was intermittently visible. In the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s global energy lifeline, Iran has full control—designated routes are the only safe passage; other ships should not be treated as cannon fodder.

Crypto Circle Network news: The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement saying that a few hours earlier, four “violating” vessels, with U.S. support, deliberately caused trouble. They attempted to disrupt order by shutting down their navigation systems and ignoring warnings from the Revolutionary Guard’s Hormuz Strait control base, taking an unsafe route and trying to leave the Strait. Two of the vessels later encountered emergencies and were intercepted on the spot, while the other two withdrew from the unsafe route. The Revolutionary Guard Navy said it has full control of the Hormuz Strait, and that the only safe waterway is the route that has been designated and published. Without coordination and permission, no oil, natural gas, or fertilizer may pass through the Hormuz Strait. The statement warned that vessels that enter unsafe routes under the influence of remarks from U.S. hostile forces will inevitably be drawn into the incident.