Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday said they seized an American submarine drone in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded in the months-long Middle East war.<\/p>\n
“The IRGC naval forces captured one of the most modern, unmanned, and smart submarines of the US terrorist army at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz in a complex intelligence and operational action at dawn today,” the Guards said in a statement carried by state TV.<\/p>\n
“This smart submarine is equipped with the latest technology in the subsurface field in the world, which was delivered to the US terrorist army fleet in 2025,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
“This submarine has now been captured and images of it will be released in the coming hours.”<\/p>\n
Iranian media reported that the unmanned underwater vehicle’s main capabilities included “subsurface reconnaissance and surveillance, seabed mapping, mine detection and inspection of submarine cables and pipelines.”<\/p>\n
Iran has maintained a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas exports, since the outbreak of the war in late February.<\/p>\n
The US has imposed its own counter-blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n
Iran says it plans to charge fees from transiting vessels to fund services including environmental protection, something the US fiercely opposes.<\/p>\n
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