Iranian state TV aired a video on April 23, purportedly showing armed soldiers boarding two container ships and seizing the vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The video showed speedboats with Iranian flags approaching the ships at sea, with soldiers walking aboard the ship having their rifles drawn.The Revolutionary Guards accused the MSC Francesca and India-bound Epaminondas of operating without required permits and tampering with their navigation systems.This came as Iran’s parliamentary speaker said that “reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not possible amid a blatant violation of the ceasefire.”n18oc_crux | n18oc_world 0:00 INTRODUCTION2:24 ‘AGGRESSORS RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTABILITY IN HORMUZ’4:50 US INTERCEPTS VESSELS LADEN WITH IRANIAN-OIL 7:06 6 MONTHS NEEDED TO CLEAR HORMUZ OF MINES: PENTAGON