Iran Press/Iran news: After some Western media cited a claim by the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) that five Iranian fast boats attempted to capture a UK oil tanker in the Persian Gulf but they failed as the UK Royal Navy frigate (HMS Montrose) interfered, the Public Relations Department the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces governing the Fifth Naval Zone in the Persian Gulf, rejected the claim, reported Mehr news agency.
The IRGC statement said “naval patrols of the Guards Corps in the Persian Gulf are continuing according to regular procedures and missions with intelligence, precision, and during the last 24 hours, there have been no encounters with foreign vessels, including English ones.” The Guards also stresses that “if an order to seize foreign vessels is received, IRGC naval forces governing the Fifth Naval Zone in the Persian Gulf are able to carry out their mission in its geographical zone without delay, decisively and fast.”203
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