In a statement, the IRGC Navy said the tanker was attempting to leave the strait in violation of its instructions and disrupt security and order in the strategic waterway. The vessel caught fire after being hit, it said.
The force warned that commercial vessels and oil tankers cooperating with the U.S. military in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf would face a decisive response, describing the U.S. military as an aggressor force involved in smuggling and plunder.
Mojtaba Darabi - H.Hakimzadeh
