Iranian naval forces and the Revolutionary Guards announced that explosions caused fires aboard vessels traveling through restricted waters. Two tankers exploded in the southern sector of the passage, while a third was halted by mine damage further east. Authorities have maintained secrecy regarding the identities and origins of the affected ships, though video evidence of a burning liquefied gas carrier was circulated by state media.
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Maritime transit through the strait faces severe disruptions following mine strikes on mu…: Maritime transit through the strait faces severe disruptions following mine strikes on multiple commercial vessels.
Iranian authorities have not publicly revealed the names or flag states of the damaged co…: Iranian authorities have not publicly revealed the names or flag states of the damaged commercial ships.
Military forces documented at least one burning liquefied gas carrier using released vide…: Military forces documented at least one burning liquefied gas carrier using released video footage from the southern waterway.
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Iran's navy and Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that fires had broken out on a total of three oil tankers that struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
"A short while ago, two oil tankers that had switched off their radar and positioning systems and were secretly attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorised route exploded and caught fire after striking a naval mine," the Guards' navy said in a statement on the incident in the south of the waterway, carried by the Iranian state broadcaster early on Saturday.
A separate statement from Iran's conventional navy said another tanker "navigating through the unsafe and prohibited zone east of the Strait of Hormuz with its tracking and identification systems switched off, caught fire and was forced to stop after striking a naval mine".
The statements did not provide the names or origins of the vessels but the Guards said one of those hit in south Hormuz was a supertanker.
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