Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed after firing on container ship; warns of 'severe' retaliation
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced late Saturday that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz after firing at and hitting a commercial ship in the critical waterway.
The IRGC claimed one vessel was struck after its forces fired a warning shot and ordered it to change course, Iran International reported.
It vowed any response by the US or allies would draw “severe” retaliation.
It comes after the Trump administration issued its own threat Friday, vowing that if Iran failed to keep the strait open and call off attacks that “it’s not going to be a great day for them.”
A senior US official told Axios’ Barack Ravid that Iranian forces fired on a single merchant ship in the strait and that it was hit.
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