Iran’s IRGC says two oil tankers hit mines in Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s IRGC says two oil tankers hit mines in Strait of Hormuz

Two oil tankers struck naval mines as they tried to cross the Strait of Hormuz “secretly”, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy says.

In a statement published by Iran’s state news agency IRNA, the navy said the ships switched off their tracking and navigation equipment and took an “unauthorised” route.

“Following the explosions of these two tankers, two other tankers that were attempting to transit secretly complied with the warnings from the Naval Force’s traffic control centre in the Strait of Hormuz and returned towards the waters of the Persian Gulf,” the IRGC said.