Iran’s Guards Claim UAE Tanker Attack and Threaten Energy Crisis

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility early Tuesday for striking two UAE-owned tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The Guards said the vessels had shut off their navigation systems, ignored repeated warnings, entered a minefield and were then targeted and disabled. The Guards warned that cooperation with what they called an “aggressive enemy” would delay reopening the waterway and cause a global energy crisis. The UAE said Iranian cruise missiles hit the Mombasa and Al Bahiyah in Omani territorial waters, killing one Indian crew member and wounding eight others.