India, April 23 -- Iran has said its forces seized two container ships attempting to leave the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, in what marks its first such action since the US-Israel war on Tehran began in February.

A purported video aired by Iranian state television in the early hours of Thursday appeared to show armed personnel boarding two container ships in the narrow waterway. The footage identified the vessels as MSC-Francesca and Epaminodes.

Earlier, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported the seizures, saying the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy had warned that any disruption to order and safety in the strait would be considered a "red line."

The Iranian broadcast video reportedly showed ar...