The Revolutionary Guards' claim: A supertanker carrying two million barrels of oil sank after hitting a mine in the Persian Gulf.
On Sunday, November 15, the Revolutionary Guards claimed that the supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of oil sank after hitting a mine and caught fire in the Persian Gulf.
According to the statement of the Revolutionary Guards, this ship was one of the two oil tankers that were hit by mines while passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
No independent source has confirmed the occurrence of these incidents.
🔸 The Revolutionary Guards said that two oil tankers in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz "had a terrible explosion" after hitting a sea mine, and one of them, a supertanker carrying two million barrels of oil, sank in the waters of the southern Persian Gulf.
The name or origin of the oil tankers is not specified in this statement.
Meanwhile, the US military has repeatedly said it has cleared all mines from the main shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz.