# Iran’s IRGC Navy says seven vessels hit, warns US of wider response

https://mins.news/en/item/110561

- Reuters, 2026-10-22 04:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-irgc-navy-says-seven-vessels-hit-warns-us-wider-response-2026-10-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad99602ab53aa0001d9ca21

> Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday that its forces tracked four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf on Wednesday, then hit them simultaneously, setting them on fire.

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