The Revolutionary Guards Navy announced on Thursday, November 12, that two supertankers which, according to this agency, were moving in the "unauthorized southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz" exploded and were stopped on Wednesday after "repeated warnings of the traffic control center of this waterway were ignored."
The IRGC Navy statement said these two tanks were carrying more than 4 million barrels of oil in total and are now burning.
The Revolutionary Guards also threatened: any vessel that disables its navigation systems in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and cooperates with the American military in crossing the unauthorized southern route will face a similar fate.