On Sunday, the Revolutionary Guards Navy published photos of the explosion of two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, the Revolutionary Guards announced in a statement that these oil tankers exploded and were stopped due to what was called "a collision with a naval mine in the illegal route of the Strait of Hormuz." According to this statement, one of the vessels was an oil tanker that caught fire after the explosion. The Revolutionary Guards announced that these two oil tankers intend to cross this waterway by turning off their navigation and identification systems.