A supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil hit a naval mine while trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz via an authorized route and caught fire, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval force said. "Today, a third tanker hit a mine and caught fire while on an unauthorized route. This supertanker with more than two million barrels of oil was abandoned at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and engulfed in fire," it said.

A supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil hit a naval mine while trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz via an authorized route and caught fire, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval force said. "Today, a third tanker hit a mine and caught fire while on an unauthorized route. This supertanker with more than two million barrels of oil was abandoned at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and engulfed in fire," it said.