IRGC Navy: Strait of Hormuz Expanded into 500-Kilometer Strategic Operational Crescent

The IRGC Navy has expanded the operational scope of the Strait of Hormuz to a 200-300km (500km) radius, emphasizing its strategic importance as a response to US-Israeli military pressure. It is tightening naval control and claiming it is disrupting global energy markets. It will only allow safe passage through the strait along a designated corridor and warns of a decisive response to any vessels deviating from it.