IRGC claims missile strike on container ship in Gulf

IRGC claims missile strike on container ship in Gulf Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it targeted the Panama-flagged container ship MSC Sariska V, which it described as “US-owned”, with a cruise missile. Iranian media said the attack came in response to a strike on an Iranian vessel near Oman. Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a cargo ship travelling in the Gulf had been hit by a projectile about 40 nautical miles (74km) southeast of Umm Qasr, Iraq.