Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed from this evening until the US blockade on Iranian ports is lifted

President Donald Trump says the U.S. seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz

Hours earlier, two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.