A correspondent for Iranian state television in Khuzestan province said the IRGC fired warning shots at vessels that violated Iran's maritime order hours before the US airstrike in the Sirik area. The report comes from a single Iranian state media source, with no independent confirmation of the timing or details.
A correspondent for Iranian state television in Khuzestan province reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired warning shots at vessels that had violated Iran's self-declared maritime order and navigation rules, hours before the US airstrike in the Sirik area. The report, published by Israel's Channel 14 via the source at 01:59 Jerusalem time on Saturday, does not specify the nationality or identity of the targeted vessels, nor whether they were military or civilian. The IRGC's actions appear to have been a separate enforcement incident in the Strait of Hormuz region, preceding what Iranian state media calls a US airstrike near Sirik Port in Hormozgan Province. This bulletin is the desk's first report on this specific claim—linking the warning shots' timing to the Sirik strike. The report is from a single Iranian state-affiliated source and remains preliminary; the US has not commented on the alleged airstrike or the earlier warning shots. No further details on casualties, damage, or vessel type are available.
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