Two tankers explode after hitting a mine and are released by the crew on the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz.

Two tankers explode after hitting a mine and are released by the crew on the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz.

🔹 Public Relations of the Navy of the Revolutionary Guards announced that since the beginning of the day, two offensive supertankers that tried to pass through the unauthorized southern route of the Strait of Hormuz hit a naval mine, their engine room was shut down after a severe explosion and fire and were arrested on the spot.

These tankers carried a total of more than 4.5 million barrels of crude oil, which were abandoned after hitting a sea mine on the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz, and the ship's crew left.