The Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced on the morning of Saturday, November 14 that an oil tanker hit a naval mine in the east of the Strait of Hormuz, caught fire and was stopped.
The army claimed that the tanker ignored previous warnings and entered an area the army called "forbidden" with tracking and identification systems turned off. The name of the tanker and the status of its crew are not mentioned in the announcement.
On Friday, the Revolutionary Guards Navy reported that a ship carrying liquefied gas collided with a mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz. The Revolutionary Guards claimed that the ship intended to cross the southern route of the strait.