🔺The U.S. Navy increased the shipping threat level in the Strait of Hormuz to “very high” ▪Following the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ attack on several commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security authorities raised the risk level for ships transiting through this strategic waterway to the highest level—“very high”—an action that has intensified concerns about the security of one of the most important energy transport routes in the world and has once again increased tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic.