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IRGC gunboats open fire on tanker off Oman’s coast, UK maritime agency says
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A rocket being fired from a boat during a military exercise by members of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps and navy in the Strait of Hormuz in a photo released on February 17, 2026. (Sepah News/AFP)
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency says it received a report of a tanker being fired upon by what it said were “two gunboats linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)” 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman.
The captain of the tanker said the two gunboats opened fire without issuing a radio challenge, UKMTO says in its advisory note, adding that the vessel and its crew were reported safe.
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