Tehran/Washington/Dubai – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes.
“An hour ago, two oil tankers, which were trying to pass through the minefield south of the Strait of Hormuz by deceptive American intelligence agencies, exploded and caught fire,” the Guard said in a statement published by state news agency IRNA, without identifying the tankers.
The Revolutionary Guard also said on state television they “stopped” four ships trying to transit the critical waterway.