Strait of Hormuz: Two oil tankers remain burning after explosions, says the Revolutionary Guards Navy.
The Revolutionary Guards Navy said one supertanker hit a naval mine and exploded, while the other tanker, under the protection of American fighter jets, suffered an incident while trying to cross the unauthorized lane and was stopped by massive fire. Both vessels turned off their navigation and identification systems and were abandoned off the southern shores of the straits. The Navy warned that the route was unsafe and that ships cooperating with the US military would suffer the same fate.