Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced on Friday that they attacked a Togolese-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The Guards repeated the announcement on Saturday.

State broadcaster IRIB, quoting the Guards, said on Sept. 18 that the strike hit the Togo-flagged tanker 'Trend' for an 'illegal attempt' to pass through the waterway, and warned that unauthorized passage would result in the 'destruction' of offending vessels.