Iran threatens ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz

Iran will consider as hostile any vessels that attempt to pass through the Strait of Hormuz with their onboard navigation and identification systems disabled. This was stated by the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), TASS writes.

“All ships in the Strait of Hormuz that disable their navigation and identification systems will be classified as hostile,” the IRGC noted.

The Iranian military added that in such cases the vessels "will be subject to decisive punishment." It is clarified that since October 10, three tankers that violated the rules established by Iran for passing Hormuz were blown up by sea mines and caught fire.

Earlier, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said that Tehran will not open the Strait of Hormuz until the United States accepts the seven conditions set by the republic. He also recalled that the United States launched military strikes against Iran every time its representatives agreed to negotiations.