Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck the Singapore-flagged container ship Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz on June 25, damaging the vessel’s bridge and putting the fragile US-Iran ceasefire under immediate stress.
No casualties were reported, and there was no significant environmental damage.
The attack came while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sitting down with Gulf Cooperation Council ministers in Manama, Bahrain, specifically to reject Iran’s claims of sovereign control over the strait.
What actually happened
The Ever Lovely was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, southeast of Oman, when it was struck by an unknown projectile attributed to the IRGC. The UK Maritime Trade Operations confirmed damage to the ship’s bridge.
