Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz, UK agency says
Authorities are investigating after Iranian gunboats reportedly opened fire on a tanker near Oman in the Strait of Hormuz. — AFP file pic
Saturday, 18 Apr 2026 8:09 PM MYT
LONDON, April 18 — Iranian gunboats fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz today, a British maritime security agency reported, after Iran’s military reversed a pledge to open the route to shipping.
The tanker’s captain reported being approached 37 kilometres northeast of Oman by two gunboats of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC). Without any radio warning, the gunboats “then fired upon the tanker”, the UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre said in an online statement.
“Tanker and crew are reported safe. Authorities are investigating.” — AFP
That was an Indian tanker that IRGC dolts fired upon.
ReplyDeleteIRGC morons are treating every one as an enemy. This is going to end badly for them.
The Iranian IRGC r treating every ships that ignore warning as REAL suspect of hostility.
DeleteMfer, this is the reality of war scene!
There is No Longer a Chain of Command.
ReplyDeleteThe Cardboard Box Must Speak Up.
STRAIT of HORMUZ: Iran's IRGC is rejecting the Foreign Minister's authority & countermanding his orders on the strait. They will only take orders from a Supreme Leader who is incapacitated & unreachable. Trump did not just blockade Iran. He broke its chain of command. The regime is not in crisis. It is in collapse.
Yet, a gullible chilli dockhead is swallowing every which farts from the western media
DeleteAre These The Three Men Contesting Control with the Foreign Minister?
ReplyDeleteThree men control Iranian state power. All three are IRGC veterans. None holds elected office: Vahidi (IRGC commander), Zolghadr (SNSC secretary), and Mohsen Rezaei (military adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei’s security cordon).
Important to notice:
Men in suits in Iran are not in control.
IRGC is, and I think the message is clear.
Vahidi is the IRGC chief. He calls the shots
ditto above!
DeleteThere is an Iranian warship still sheltering in an Indian harbour.
ReplyDeleteVery likely the Indians will now "invite " them to leave. US nuclear subs are prowling out there in the ocean.
So…
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