TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels traveling to and from ports “belonging to allies and supporters of the Zionist-American enemies.” “This morning, following the lies of the corrupt US president claiming that the Strait of Hormuz was open, three container ships of different nationalities … were turned back after a warning from the IRGC Navy,” the Guards said on their Sepah News website.

Tehran's statement on opening of key waterway comes as US President Trump says talks are taking place to end the war.

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels traveling to…