IRGC Announces Fires Aboard Two Oil Tankers and a Tugboat in the Strait of Hormuz Seizing Two U.S. Lucas Drones In a statement issued Thursday morning, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, while its naval forces seized two drones. Lucas Intruders. The IRGC Navy confirmed that it maintains full control of the strategic waterway. According to the announcement, a large oil tanker trying to pass through an unauthorized southern passage in the strait hit a mine, caught fire and was stopped. In a separate incident, a second supertanker leaving the same route to the east of the strait was paralyzed by a large fire, which also spread to a tugboat that was approaching to put out the flames. The Revolutionary Guards also announced that its naval electronic warfare unit had successfully taken over two Lucas drones, landed both planes intact and captured them. In an appeal to the US, the IRGC said Washington continues to encourage vessels to violate navigation restrictions and enter mined passages, thereby imposing huge insurance costs for damaged ships on US taxpayers and regional allies. The statement said Washington could have avoided these losses by releasing Iran's frozen funds, which it said amounted to less than half the costs already incurred, while avoiding a "humiliating electoral defeat." "Attempts to break the law in the Strait of Hormuz will not result in additional financial losses and greater political defeats for the United States," the Revolutionary Guard warned. The statement also praised the Iranian public for 250 consecutive days of steadfastness, crediting national resilience and public support for the control shifts of the Revolutionary Guard fleets in Egypt.

IRGC Announces Fires Aboard Two Oil Tankers and a Tugboat in the Strait of Hormuz Seizing Two U.S. Lucas Drones In a statement issued Thursday morning, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, while its naval forces seized two drones. Lucas Intruders. The IRGC Navy confirmed that it maintains full control of the strategic waterway. According to the announcement, a large oil tanker trying to pass through an unauthorized southern passage in the strait hit a mine, caught fire and was stopped. In a separate incident, a second supertanker leaving the same route to the east of the strait was paralyzed by a large fire, which also spread to a tugboat that was approaching to put out the flames. The Revolutionary Guards also announced that its naval electronic warfare unit had successfully taken over two Lucas drones, landed both planes intact and captured them. In an appeal to the US, the IRGC said Washington continues to encourage vessels to violate navigation restrictions and enter mined passages, thereby imposing huge insurance costs for damaged ships on US taxpayers and regional allies. The statement said Washington could have avoided these losses by releasing Iran's frozen funds, which it said amounted to less than half the costs already incurred, while avoiding a "humiliating electoral defeat." "Attempts to break the law in the Strait of Hormuz will not result in additional financial losses and greater political defeats for the United States," the Revolutionary Guard warned. The statement also praised the Iranian public for 250 consecutive days of steadfastness, crediting national resilience and public support for the control shifts of the Revolutionary Guard fleets in Egypt.