IRGC warns ships to use Iran-approved routes through Strait of Hormuz

IRGC warns ships to use Iran-approved routes through Strait of Hormuz Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned commercial vessels to use only its approved routes through the Strait of Hormuz, reopening a point of tension in fragile negotiations between the United States and Iran over the strategic waterway. The warning came after Oman announced a new shipping transit route through the strait on Wednesday, saying it had coordinated the route with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as tra