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VIDEO: Iran Seizes Second Oil Tanker in Less Than a Week

A screenshot of a video showing fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023. US Navy Photo

Iranian forces have seized the second oil tanker in less than a week, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced in a Wednesday release.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the NAVCENT...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/03/video-iran-seizes-second-oil-tanker-in-less-than-a-week

U.K. Royal Navy Announces Seizure of Iranian Missile Parts with American Assist

United Kingdom Photo

A U.S. destroyer assisted the U.K. Royal Navy to seize smuggled Iranian weapons in early 2022, the U.K. announced on Thursday.

HMS Montrose, with help from USS Gridley (DDG-101), seized weapons, including engines needed for land attack cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles, from smuggler-operated speedboats, according to the U.K. release.

Specifically, the weapons were Iranian-produced 351 land attack cruise missiles and 358 surface-to-air missiles, according to the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/07/u-k-royal-navy-announces-seizure-of-iranian-missile-parts-with-american-assist

U.S. Navy Not Changing Rules of Engagement with Iran’s IRGC Navy

Undated photo of IRGCN fast attack boat.

CAPITOL HILL — The Navy isn’t anticipating changes in how it deals with the naval branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as it operates in the Persian Gulf, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told USNI News on Wednesday.

Richardson said that, while the Navy was always wary of the IRGC Navy while operating in the Gulf and the greater U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, that the rules of engagement haven’t changed following...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/10/u-s-navy-not-changing-rules-of-engagement-with-irans-irgc-navy

BREAKING: U.S. 5th Fleet Commander Found Dead in Bahrain

Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, is rendered honors on the quarterdeck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) on Oct. 24, 2018. US Navy Photo

This post will be updated with additional information as available.

Vice Adm. Scott A. Stearney, commander of U.S. 5th Fleet, was found dead his quarters in Bahrain on Saturday, according to a statement from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/01/breaking-u-s-5th-fleet-commander-found-dead-bahrain