An unnamed Revolutionary Guards Navy official says navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz have been destroyed and that no unauthorised vessels transited overnight. The official was speaking to Iranian state media on Monday 9 November, according to Reuters, as carried by Business Recorder.
The official did not say what destroyed the navigation aids. The statement follows earlier IRGC claims of tankers hitting mines in the strait.
Earlier on Monday, Iranian media reported that no ships at all crossed the strait on Sunday. The new statement is narrower and refers only to unauthorised vessels.
Neither Iranian claim has been independently checked. The Maritime Executive reported on 8 November that traffic through the strait is below normal, in the range of single to low double digit transits a day. That points to reduced traffic rather than none.