Tehran, Three vessels, including two oil tankers and a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, changed course and turned back while seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz via a southern route after receiving warnings from the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), media reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citing the latest maritime tracking data, the semi-official Fars news agency identified the vessels as Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Velos Amber, Liberian-flagged oil tanker Bravo and Marshall Islands-flagged LNG tanker Al Sheehaniya, which belongs to Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It added that the IRGC’s Navy had warned the three tankers that the southern route in the strait was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The development comes amid a series of naval confrontations between Iran and the United States, Xinhua News Agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the day, Iran’s aerospace forces attacked an aircraft carrier and a destroyer of the US military with several ballistic missiles after the vessels harassed Iranian ships and participated in the naval blockade against the country, the IRGC said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two military vessels fled the conflict zone after suffering damage, the IRGC said in a statement published by its official news outlet, Sepah News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It warned that if the “hostile and aggressive” actions continue, the US government must await “formidable” responses from the Iranian armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday night, the IRGC’s navy said it had targeted three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three US-affiliated vessels elsewhere in retaliation for US attacks on Iranian tankers earlier in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three tankers struck in the strait were crossing the waterway via an “unauthorised” route, the navy said in a statement, adding that the other three vessels were hit in other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday, US Central Command said on social media platform X that US forces had struck three Iranian crude oil carriers after the IRGC “launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships patrolling regional waters.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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