Iran: The Revolutionary Guards say that 2 oil tankers hit sea mines and burned in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Navy said the tankers were on an unauthorized southbound lane when they hit the mines, and that one tanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil sank in the southern Persian Gulf. He warned the owners of the tankers and the crews against approaching the prohibited area and against defrauding the US military, and advised the fishermen to avoid the accident. The British Maritime Authority said Indian authorities had reported an attack on an oil tanker before it entered Hormuz.