FACTBOX: Fatalities in Strait of Hormuz vessel attack, US authority to strike IRGC boats

MOSCOW, May 5. /TASS/. At least five people have been killed as a result of a United States attack on two cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported, citing a source in military circles.

The US military personnel have received the authority to strike the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boats and the Iranian missile positions when they threaten vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said, citing a Washington administration official.

TASS has compiled the main points regarding the situation in the region.

- At least five people died as a result of a United States attack on two cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported, citing a source in military circles.

- According to the news agency, the civilian cargo vessels were traveling from Oman’s Port of Khasab toward Iran’s coast.