Video aired on Iranian state TV in the early hours of Thursday purportedly showed armed soldiers boarding two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The seizure of one of the ships, the Panama-flagged MSC Francesca, was confirmed by Montenegro’s minister of maritime affairs, who said four Montenegrin seafarers were on board and that they and the rest of the crew were safe.
The IRGC accused the MSC Francesca and the Liberia-flagged Epaminondas of operating without required permits and tampering with their navigation systems.
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