Iran plays down uranium deal

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced it will blockade the Strait of Hormuz, the organization’s naval forces said in a statement on Telegram.

“Approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered cooperation with the enemy, and any offending vessel will be attacked,” the IRGC statement said.

After declaring the waterway open on Friday, Iran reimposed restrictions on ship passage on Saturday, citing “repeated breaches of trust” by the US in the two sides’ ceasefire.

The British military says two Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it had reimposed restrictions on the vital waterway.

Hours later, a container ship was struck by an “unknown projectile causing damage to some containers” about 30 miles (46 kilometers) off the coast of Oman, the UKMTO said.