The commander of the IRGC Navy confirmed on Friday an attack on a tanker that attempted to use the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz, considered illegal by Iran. “Last night, the offending tanker Trend, flying the flag of Togo, attempted to illegally pass through the Strait of Hormuz at the instigation and deception of the child-killing U.S. military. It was hit and stopped after a fire broke out on it,” Rear Admiral Ali Ozmaei said in a statementreported Tasmin. “The IRGC Navy once again warns that illegal passage through the Strait of Hormuz will have no outcome other than the destruction of the offending vessel,” he warned.