In a statement released on Wednesday morning, the IRGC said its naval forces continue to exercise full management over the Strait of Hormuz and safeguard the trust placed in it by the faithful and vigilant people of Iran.

“The heroic IRGC Navy, in response to the aggression and acts of mischief by the terrorist US army in its attack on five Iranian oil tankers in the ever-Persian Gulf, targeted two US vessels and eight oil tankers in the area, inflicting heavy damage on them,” it said.

“Also, 10 violating vessels that, provoked and supported by the aggressive terrorist US army, intended to pass through the prohibited and unsafe area of the Strait of Hormuz were targeted,” the IRGC said.

“The Strait of Hormuz is being monitored and managed with strength and authority by the capable and valiant Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps,” it concluded.