🔶 The Revolutionary Guards announced that two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.

🔶 The Revolutionary Guards announced that two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Revolutionary Guards Navy announced on Sunday, November 15 that two oil tankers were hit by sea mines while passing through the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire after the explosion.

According to the statement of the Revolutionary Guards published by the state media of the Republic of Salami, the two oil tankers were hit by mines while trying to pass through unspecified routes in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Revolutionary Guards have not yet announced the name and nationality of the tankers, the exact location of the explosions and the status of their crews.

The Reuters news agency also announced that it was unable to independently confirm the Revolutionary Guards' report of oil tankers hitting sea mines.

This report was published as the Salami Republic Army announced on Saturday that three oil tankers collided with sea mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Iranian military authorities, one of the oil tankers was hit by a mine in the east of the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday morning, and two other oil tankers also had an accident in the same waterway a few hours later. The occurrence of these events has not been independently confirmed.