The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A tanker transiting through the narrow Strait of Hormuz suddenly changed course into Iranian territorial waters Friday, with the British military warning a possible “state activity” affected it.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard forces have reportedly seized an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in the first such interdiction in months.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounced the US’ launch of operation ‘Southern Spear’, warning that Washington’s growing military buildup in Caribbean and Latin American waters jeopardizes international peace and stability.