The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced on Friday that it had attacked a gas tanker while it was attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz via an "illegal route".
The Guard explained in a statement reported by Iranian state media that its naval forces are fulfilling "the orders of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and the desire of the Iranian people to exercise sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz," and in this context, it "hours ago, struck the giant gas tanker 'NV Sunshine' while it was attempting to pass through the illegal route south of the Strait of Hormuz".
