Tehran Billboard Shows IRGC Member Astride Seized US Underwater Vehicle
A billboard in northern Tehran depicts a Revolutionary Guard member with his foot on a US unmanned underwater vehicle that Iran says it seized in the Strait of Hormuz.
A large billboard in northern Tehran has put Iran's claim to have captured a United States unmanned underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz on public display, showing a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with his foot resting on the craft.
The image, mounted at a square in the northern part of the capital, was visible to passing traffic on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. A taxi can be seen driving past the display in photographs of the scene.
Farsi text accompanying the image carries a sardonic tone. One line reads "Hope business is good!", while another labels the scene a "Hormuz catch" — a reference to the strategic waterway through which a substantial share of the world's seaborne oil passes.
The billboard follows Iran's assertion that it seized the American unmanned underwater vehicle in the strait. The display turns that claim into a public message, pairing the image of the Revolutionary Guard member with the caption in a square in northern Tehran.
The Strait of Hormuz, which separates the Gulf from the Gulf of Oman, is a chokepoint of central importance to global energy shipping and has repeatedly been the setting for friction between Iranian and US forces.