Fars News Agency, a media outlet close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), cited the IRGC Navy's Public Relations department as reporting that, over the past 24 hours, 15 vessels, including four oil tankers, crossed the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with and under the security coverage of the IRGC Navy.
According to the report, these vessels were granted permission to transit the Strait of Hormuz after receiving authorization.
The IRGC Navy's Public Relations department also issued a warning to commercial ships and oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz area, stating that any cooperation with "hostile extra-regional forces" would be deemed an "imminent security threat" and dealt with accordingly.
In recent days, The Wall Street Journal published reports claiming that the US Navy had "unofficially" coordinated with certain commercial ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz over the past few days, though it had not provided official military escorts for these vessels thus far.
According to The Wall Street Journal's claim, these coordinations were conducted primarily behind the scenes and without public announcement, with the aim of preventing an escalation of tensions and a widespread disruption to energy transport routes.
