Iran war live: IRGC attacks US unmanned vessel in Hormuz; two ships hit

Live updates, Iran-backed Houthis seize key Yemeni port of Mocha in drive to take control of Red Sea coast. Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on September 5, 2026 [Atta Kenare/AFP] By Kristina Harazim, Ali Mustafa and Noor Kareem Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its navy struck a US “Saildrone-type” unmanned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, “thwarting its aggressive mission”. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre says it has received a report that projectiles hit two vessels off the coast of Oman.