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By AP- PTI

The navy of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday said it extended the closure to the corridor it had earlier designated for the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and declared the strategic waterway "fully closed" until the US blockade on Iranian ports and ships is lifted.

On Friday, Iran said vessels could move through the strait in coordination with it and against the payment of a toll.

But in a statement late Saturday carried by Iran's state media, the navy warned that any violating vessel would be targeted.

Iran considers the US blockade a violation of the ceasefire between the two countries. Two vessels were attacked earlier on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz and off Oman's coast, at least one of them by Iranian gunboats. (AP) SCY SCY

Published on April 19, 2026

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