The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran issued a statement on the 12th saying that it attacked an illegal large tanker in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day. Saipa News Network, a media owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, issued the statement saying that the tanker involved turned off the navigation system and attempted to sail out of the Strait of Hormuz while ignoring the Iranian Navy's warning. This is the third illegal large tanker to be hit while trying to leave the Strait of Hormuz in the past two days. The Revolutionary Guard Navy warned in a statement that any merchant ship or tanker cooperating with the US military in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf will lead to decisive action by its forces.

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