Iranian military-linked news agency says Strait of Hormuz completely "closed until further notice"

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is linked with the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Tuesday the Strait of Hormuz was again completely "closed until further notice," tightening restrictions it had previously eased on account of a "recent attack by the US-Israeli enemy."

Tasnim did not explain what the "recent attack" was, but the report came after U.S. forces fired on and seized an Iranian commercial vessel over the weekend in the Arabian Sea, as part of the ongoing U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and ships.

The U.S. military also said Tuesday it had interdicted another Iran-linked ship in a different area. The "stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani" crude oil tanker was intercepted and boarded in the Indo-Pacific Command's area of responsibility, the Pentagon said. 

"After the recent attack by the U.S.-Israeli enemy, a new water route had been designed for the controlled passage of commercial vessels. However, following the violation of the ceasefire, these channels have been declared closed until further notice," Tasnim said, adding the closure would remain in effect "until the necessary guarantees are provided for the complete lifting of the naval blockade against Iran."