Transit of non-compliant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz has been completely halted following strikes by the IRGC Navy on vessels trying to smuggle oil, says a report. 

Quoting an unnamed official close to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, Fars News Agency reported the halt, citing the destruction of navigation aid systems used by the vessels, strikes on three oil tankers, and the destruction of another non-compliant tanker on Thursday.

The IRGC Navy said in a statement on Thursday that the four vessels that had used unauthorized routes through the Strait of Hormuz were struck while transferring oil in the northern Persian Gulf.

In the statement, the IRGC said the US has continued to encourage vessels to navigate through an unauthorized route that has been mined and that the insistence of the US on this course of action has caused maritime incidents to increase day by day.

Any new aggression against Iran will trigger global energy crisis, IRGC warns

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns that any new act of aggression against Iran will be met with a more crushing response.

The unnamed source warned that if oil smuggling resumed, action against non-compliant vessels and the technical systems supporting them would be taken with much greater force.

The unnamed official also warned that any renewed US aerial intervention in support of oil smuggling would face a more direct and decisive response, adding that the US military would bear responsibility for the consequences.

The US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, prompting Tehran to respond with retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the region and immediately close the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global energy supplies.

The waterway has remained closed and under the control of Iranian forces. Tehran has maintained that the strait will only be reopened if Washington meets its conditions, including lifting sanctions and ending the US naval blockade.