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An Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson says a restricted area extending from Chabahar in Iran into parts of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea will be announced and any ship that passes through the area will be sanctioned

The US military says it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers following IRGC ballistic missile attacks on a US Navy warship.