The IRGC Navy declared two oil tankers abandoned after they hit sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Two commercial oil tankers were abandoned and left burning heavily in the Strait of Hormuz after they struck sea mines overnight, according to statements by the naval arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Tasnim news agency.
The IRGC Navy stated that the vessels disabled their navigation and identification systems while transiting the strategic waterway under the cover of US fighter jets when they detonated the explosives and "suffered a massive explosion. ".