DM Monitoring
TEHRAN: Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that their naval mines halted three tankers attempting to travel the Strait of Hormuz via routes considered illegal by Tehran.
“Two violating oil tankers were set ablaze and halted due to the explosion of mines planted by the brave sailors of the IRGC Navy at an illegal crossing point in the southern part of the Strait of Hor-muz,” the Guards said in a statement on their official Sepah News website. The Guards later said in a statement carried by state TV that a third oil tanker “exploded and caught fire after striking a naval mine south of the Strait of Hormuz”.
The statement added that the tanker “carrying over 2 million barrels of crude oil, had deactivated all of its radar and navigation systems”.
