IRGC says two oil tankers ablaze after collision with mines in Hormuz Strait

IRGC says two oil tankers ablaze after collision with mines in Hormuz Strait Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy announced that two oil tankers caught fire after being struck by mines while attempting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The statement said that the two "offending" vessels - "one in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz and the other in the Strait of Hormuz itself" - were attempting to pass through an "unauthorised route". They subsequently collided with mines, caught fire an