Two senior Iranian officials told foreign media Tehran has adopted new tactics against ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to keep oil prices elevated and influence U.S. midterm elections. The campaign, approved at the highest level and coordinated across the ruling system, began about 10 days ago and has raised the number of attacks on vessels Iran says breach restrictions. A U.S. military official confirmed a tactical shift: after U.S. strikes degraded Iranian radar capacity, the Islamic Rev

Two senior Iranian officials told foreign media Tehran has adopted new tactics against ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to keep oil prices elevated and influence U.S. midterm elections. The campaign, approved at the highest level and coordinated across the ruling system, began about 10 days ago and has raised the number of attacks on vessels Iran says breach restrictions. A U.S. military official confirmed a tactical shift: after U.S. strikes degraded Iranian radar capacity, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has begun deploying unarmed reconnaissance personnel aboard small boats to locate potential targets, including U.S. warships. The U.S. official said last week U.S. forces intercepted a sloop carrying suspected IRGC scouts, ordered the crew off and then destroyed the vessel; there were no casualties.