FNA- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy and the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran signed an agreement on Tuesday which allows the IRGC to seize any foreign fishing and trade vessel that trespasses Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.

"Based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the IRGC Navy will seize such vessels and surrenders them to relevant organization," IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi�said after signing the agreement.

He underlined the IRGC's military power in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, and said, "No other country enjoys such a power to seize the vessels belonging to the US and other countries."

The IRGC was already in charge of protecting the country's maritime waters in the Persian Gulf against foreign military vessels and naval forces.

Last month, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Hossein Salami stressed the IRGC Navy's high capabilities, and warned that any aggressive action will receive Tehran's crushing response.

"Any power that seeks to make an aggression against the (Iranian) territorial waters intentionally or unintentionally will be confronted by the IRGC Navy's high power," General Salami said, addressing a ceremony in the Northern city of Bushehr.

He referred to the detention of the US naval forces by the IRGC Navy in the Persian Gulf on January 12, 2016, and said the incident shattered the arrogant powers' awe in the heart of the Persian Gulf.

The IRGC seized two US Navy boats last January and detained all on board on Iran's Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf. Nine men and one woman arrived in Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf illegally when they were captured by the IRGC Navy. They were freed later after diplomatic consultations.

Last July, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy General Alireza Tangsiri�said the US warships have been warned to keep 12 nautical miles away from Iran's territorial waters or wait for an incident similar to what happened last January.

"We have a strong presence in the quintuple regions of the South and our independent bases in the Sea of Oman, in such a way that foreign vessels never dare to approach regions 12 miles away from our territorial waters and if they do, they will be treated like what we did to the Americans (on January 12, 2016)," Tangsiri told FNA at the time.