Strait of Deception: The IRGC's Web of Lies in the Middle East The recent claim by Iran's Revolutionary Guards that a Panama flagged tanker collided with a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz is just the latest example of Tehran's tactics to disrupt commercial shipping and sow chaos in the region.
This incident highlights a deeper pattern of deception and intimidation by the IRGC, which has been escalating its aggression against maritime targets.
The US military's rejection of the IRGC's claim follows their statement that the tanker was actually struck by an Iranian missile last month and rendered inoperable.