New Delhi, July 8 -- An Indian oil tanker has been turned back from the Omani corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, said Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.

On June 24, Oman and the UN's International Maritime Organization announced a temporary corridor in the strait along the Omani coast that would be overseen by the US for the evacuation of vessels stranded in the Gulf.

Fars said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps continues to warn ships intending to use the Omani corridor via radio communications, ordering them to use the corridor designated by Iran instead.

Fars said ship tracking showed all vessels that transited the Strait of Hormuz this morning travelled along the corridor approved by Iran.

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