The luxury yacht Nord, owned by Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov, passed through the Strait of Hormuz, which is virtually closed to shipping. This was reported by Delovoy Peterburg on Sunday, April 26, citing data from the Marinetraffic service.
The 142-meter-long ship left Dubai on April 24 and headed to Oman, although the waterway is closed to navigation, as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the United States have repeatedly confirmed. The report stated that the yacht successfully crossed the strait on the night of April 25. message.
On April 25, it became known that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had seized Epaminondas because it was being used by the US Armed Forces. According to the ship tracking service MarineTraffic, the ship’s location data has not been updated for more than two days.
More than 30 Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboats were spotted in the Strait of Hormuz area. Journalist Vladimir Solovyov published satellite images of the ships on April 22. According to him, Iranian boats move freely through the strait and neighboring waters.