The Revolutionary Guards in Iran announced today that they have forced three container ships to make a U-turn in the Strait of Hormuz, specifying that this strategic sea route will henceforth be closed to ships coming from or heading to ports linked to “the enemy.”

“The passage of any ship coming from or heading to ports belonging to the allies and supporters of the US Zionists is prohibited,” the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said on its Sepah News website.