Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizgFBVV95cUxQb3BrRjBTQ2UtTVd5ZDNoYVdOYVAxeDZDZW5TN3lhbGc0NXdkdDNlRHFBSE5FbkNZRDB5WVl3ZzFqalhubV81X2RCNFNIWmNhQ1JNbl9paktPM3E1YW5tV25UbGFvNy1QVENJMGdPbEdzRERzVjlXNl9CTnNFMEg2cUNKYkd6YThrZXVvdnFpNHFFbmx4d1M5Z3JBb0lvTURkQkdGa1hqQUpwMUpyYW5KLWplSVNaS3JBRUlIN0pSeXBMcVMtQ2l1b2xrVWQxUQ?oc=5" target="_blank">Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Vessels have been receiving VHF radio transmissions from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warning that 'no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz,' an official with the EU’s Operation ASPIDES told Reuters.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz is unsafe for navigation amid US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, with state-linked media reporting that ships and tankers had been told to halt transit through the waterway.

Iran has moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, with ships in the Gulf receiving high-frequency radio broadcasts from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warning that vessels would not be permitted to pass through the strategic waterway, Reuters reported.

Iran has reportedly shut down the Strait of Hormuz in response to a joint attack by the United States and Israel. Several tanker owners, oil majors and trading houses have suspended crude oil, fuel and liquefied natural gas shipments and Tehran said it had closed navigation, trading sources told Reuters.

An official from the European Union’s naval mission Aspides said on Saturday that vessels operating in the Gulf have been receiving VHF radio messages from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards stating that 'no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz.'