Iran's Revolutionary Guards release footage of ship seizures in Hormuz Strait

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that their naval forces stopped two ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz and directed them to the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic.

The seizures come as Iranian ports remain under a naval blockade by the United States, imposed on April 13 days after a ceasefire announcement that paused its war with Iran.

The Guards said in a statement that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval force identified and stopped two violating ships in the Strait of Hormuz. "The two offending ships... were seized by the IRGC's naval forces and directed to the Iranian coast," it added, although it was not immediately clear if the Guards boarded them.