Iran regional confrontation

IRGC says it turned back four ships with warning shots in southern Hormuz

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Southern Strait of Hormuz (route claims, position not published)
Actors
Iran · United States
Importance
Major

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it stopped four commercial vessels trying to transit the southern Strait of Hormuz on routes not approved by Iranian authorities, firing warning shots and turning them back.

CBS (AFP) and DW relayed IRGC / state-television claims that four vessels were forced back on Saturday 26 July after attempting southern routes outside Iran’s designated scheme. Independent identification of the ships and third-party confirmation of the boardings were not established in the open sources used. The claim is recorded as an Iranian control-of-shipping action during the air-strike pause.

  • Maritime: Best 4 vessels_turned_back · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: IRGC turned back vessels in Strait of Hormuz, state TV says, Iran says Revolutionary Guards stopped six vessels in Hormuz · IRGC claim of four commercial vessels turned back with warning shots; identities not published in sources used.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: IRGC turned back vessels in Strait of Hormuz, state TV says, Iran says Revolutionary Guards stopped six vessels in Hormuz

Iranian state / IRGC claim via wire and live blogs; ship identities and independent AIS corroboration not established in sources used.