Iran Guards say they halted 3 oil tankers in Hormuz

Above, shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran on July 27, 2026. (ISNA via WANA/Reuters)

• ‘Three violating oil tankers, which ignored our warnings and continued sailing an unsafe and illegal route, were struck and brought to a halt’

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck and halted three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported Wednesday, despite a lull in fighting between the Washington and Tehran.
The Guards’ navy said “three violating oil tankers, which ignored our warnings and continued sailing an unsafe and illegal route, were struck and brought to a halt,” the Tasnim News agency reported.