Two more offensive oil tankers are on fire east of the Strait of Hormuz: Iran's military.
Tehran, Irena -. The Iranian Navy announced that two more oil tankers caught fire after hitting naval mines while entering a restricted area, east of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement Thursday afternoon, the Navy said the two offending vessels ignored repeated warnings and disabled their radar systems as they attempted to pass through unsafe areas east of the strait, where they struck a naval mine and then burst into flames.
The statement emphasized that the responsibility for the fires rests first and foremost on the "false US president", and secondly on the vessel owners who put their faith in his false and fear-inducing rhetoric, a reference to Donald Trump.
Iranian officials have repeatedly warned commercial vessels against using routes designated by Tehran as unauthorized and unsafe, stressing the need to comply with its maritime coordination requirements.