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IRGC Claims LPG Carrier Strike, Threatens Ships Beyond Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it attacked a ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas.
It also warned ships that use routes it considers unauthorised.
The Guard said it could follow those ships beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
It threatened a definite punishment for vessels it considers offenders.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported the statement.
The warning describes a wider area of enforcement than just the strait.
The report does not give details about the ship or the attack.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.
The IRGC warned that it would pursue vessels using what it calls unauthorised passages beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
It said punishment for offending vessels would be “definitive.”
The statement was reported by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.
The declaration broadens the language Tehran uses to describe its control over maritime traffic around the waterway.
- Who
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) made the statement; it claimed to have struck an LPG carrier.
- What
- The IRGC claimed a carrier strike and threatened to pursue and punish ships using unauthorised passages.
- Where
- The statement concerns maritime traffic around the Strait of Hormuz and says pursuit could extend throughout the region.
- When
- The timing of the claimed strike and statement is not specified in the supplied report.
- Why
- The IRGC said the threatened action would target vessels it considers to have used unauthorised passages.
IRGC’s stated position
Other perspectives in the report
Authority over maritime passages
IRGC’s stated position
The IRGC said it would pursue vessels using passages it considers unauthorised, including beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
Other perspectives in the report
The supplied report provides no response or alternative account from affected ships, other governments, or independent sources; the IRGC’s claim and threat are not independently verified here.
Key facts
- Claimed target
- A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier
- Claiming party
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Reported by
- Tasnim, described as an Iranian semi-official news agency
- Threatened scope
- The IRGC said pursuit would not be limited to the Strait of Hormuz, but would extend throughout the region
- Threatened consequence
- The statement said punishment would be definitive
Quotes
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Iranian military organization whose statement was reported by Tasnim news agency.
“From now on, dealing with offending vessels will not be limited to the Strait of Hormuz, and any vessel that passes through an unauthorised passage will be pursued throughout the region and its punishment will be definitive.”
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