Anadolu's account of the IRGC Navy statement adds one element this feed has not carried: an explicit, general warning to shipping. Alongside its claim that it targeted three oil tankers travelling an "unauthorized route" in the Strait of Hormuz and three US-linked vessels elsewhere, the IRGC Navy issued what Anadolu describes as a "firm warning" to all vessels operating in the Gulf and near the strait [1].

The quoted language is directed at merchant traffic rather than at a named ship: "Do not be deceived by the terrorist US military, and refrain from any suspicious movement aimed at passing through unauthorized waterways; otherwise, you will be targeted" [1]. Anadolu does not define what counts as an unauthorized waterway, and no timeline, geographic limit or exemption is given.

The six-vessel claim itself is not new here; it rests on the IRGC statement relayed by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, and Anadolu offers no independent confirmation of it. Anadolu also relays the IRGC's framing that the US military attacked three Iranian oil tankers earlier on Saturday, "causing damage" [1]. Treat the whole account as one party's claims: no vessel names, no damage assessments, no casualty figures and no corroboration from any other navy, insurer or port authority appear in the report.

What is new, then, is not a verified strike but a declared intent. A standing threat to target vessels on the basis of an undefined "unauthorized" route is a corridor-wide signal, and it sits awkwardly against earlier reporting that US warships have been helping guide ships through the strait while overall traffic stays low. Whether operators treat the warning as a change in risk or as rhetoric will show up in transit decisions, not in the statement. Readers should watch for any flag-state or industry advisory responding to it, and for independent identification of the vessels Iran says it hit.