FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released footage showing its forces boarding a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The video, published on April 23, appears to show Iranian personnel intercepting and taking control of at least one of the ships, identified as the Liberia-flagged Epaminondas. The footage relates to an incident on April 22, 2026, when Iranian forces opened fire on three vessels attempting to exit the Gulf. RelatedNews Federal prosecutors file charges over deadly Baltimore Key Bridge collapse Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation var jnews_module_21370850_0_6a0438319a592 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370850","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,280,2647,2115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publ