Buoy vessel hit near Strait of Hormuz; one sailor missing

A cargo vessel was struck while transiting near the Strait of Hormuz, and one sailor remains unaccounted for, maritime security sources said. The crew abandoned ship after the impact, but the extent of the damage and the fate of the missing sailor have not yet been determined. No party has claimed responsibility for the attack, and no official statement has been issued by authorities or the operating companies. The incident comes as commercial vessels rely on the strait as a critical maritime chokepoint, and the sources said the attack posed a new security risk to navigation in the waterway. No further operational details were immediately available. On the same day, Brigadier General Mohsen Rezaei, a commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said no second transit through the Strait of Hormuz would be permitted without Iran's consent and that any approaching military element would be targeted.