Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Warns Military Vessels to Avoid Strait of Hormuz

The warning was issued after Trump said Sunday that he would send the U.S. Navy to implement a blockade in the strait.

A cargo ship sits at anchor in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam Governorate, in United Arab Emirates, on March 11, 2026. Stringer/Reuters

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday warned that military vessels should avoid the disputed Strait of Hormuz after peace talks between Tehran and the United States fell through.

In a statement released through state-run media outlets, the IRGC said that military vessels will be subject to a “firm response” if they try to pass through the strait, which Iran has blocked since the U.S.–Iran war started in late February.