Iranian Military Reiterates Full Control of Hormuz, Will Strongly Respond to US Military Violating Ceasefire Agreement

May 28 – The Public Relations Office of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy issued a statement noting that 26 commercial vessels and oil tankers safely transited the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours after securing permission and coordinating with the IRGC Navy. The statement emphasized that prior approval and coordination are mandatory for navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. It added that passage via alternative routes will be considered a disruption to maritime operations and handled appropriately. Last night, several ships attempted to illegally enter the Persian Gulf by tampering with or disabling their navigation systems. After multiple radio warnings from the IRGC Navy, two vessels were intercepted and stopped, while the rest were forced to turn back. The statement also accused the U.S. military of violating regional ceasefire agreements by launching several missiles into an unpopulated area near Bandar Abbas Airport. Though no damage was reported, Iran retaliated against the source of the attack in response to this act of aggression. “If the U.S. military takes such action again, they will face a harsh response from us,” the statement read. “Control and management of the Strait of Hormuz rest entirely with the IRGC Navy. Any disruption to the strait will meet our decisive response.” According to monitoring by PolyBeats, a bot tracking prediction markets, the probability of “successful navigation through the Strait of Hormuz by the end of this month” on the platform Polymarket is now less than 1%, while the probability for transit by the end of next month has fallen to 34%.