The Revolutionary Guards Telegram news channel, close to this military force, reported that the number of oil tankers that exploded due to mines in the Strait of Hormuz in the last 48 hours reached eight. This news was published by this channel while Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM, previously announced that US forces have mined the main shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. The statistics announced by the IRGC's Telegram news channel have not been independently verified.