The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was responsible for an attack on a US-owned vessel in the Gulf on Thursday morning, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reports.

Fars, which is affiliated to the IRGC, says the American vessel was hit this morning in the north of the Gulf.

Two oil tankers were struck near Basra, in Iraqi waters. One of them, the Safesea Vishnu, is US-owned and sails under the Marshall Islands flag.

Fars has shared a video that it says shows the moment the Safesea Vishnu was attacked. In the video, a massive explosion occurs on a ship on the water during the middle of the night.

Indian authorities earlier said the Safesea Vishnu was struck by a “white-coloured unmanned speed boat carrying explosives” which “rammed into it, resulting in a major fire onboard”. One person was killed and the rest of the crew were rescued.

Fars says the ship "failed to comply" with warnings from the IRGC.

(Source: BBC)