🔶 The Revolutionary Guards announced that two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
The "Tasnim" news agency, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, announced on Sunday, November 8, citing the public relations of the Revolutionary Guards Navy, that two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz exploded and caught fire after hitting a mine.
According to the statement, the two tankers were hit by mines while passing through a route that the Revolutionary Guards called "unauthorized".
The Revolutionary Guards claimed that these two vessels "intended to pass through the Strait of Hormuz illegally by committing numerous violations and turning off their navigation and positioning systems."
The IRGC's navy also warned that ships cooperating with the US military or opposing Iran's stated regulations for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz "will certainly encounter mines."
After the start of tensions in the Persian Gulf, ground attacks on oil tankers and commercial ships in the waters of the region were reported many times. In response to the American attacks and the Israeli prisoners, Iran imposed restrictions on the passage of ships in this waterway, and at the same time, the naval blockade of Iranian ports by the United States and the continuation of tensions caused the disruption of maritime traffic in this strategic passage.