Iran warns it will set fire to any vessel attempting to pass the Strait of Hormuz

"The strait (of Hormuz) is closed. If anyone tries to ​pass, the heroes of the Revolutionary Guards and the regular navy will set ​those ships ablaze," said Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the Guards commander-in-chief, according to state media.

However, Fox News, citing a senior US military official, reported that Iran was not patrolling nor enforcing its claimed "closure” of the Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier, an official from the European Union's naval mission Aspides said that the vessels in the area have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran's Revolutionary Guards. They said "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz".