Reuters. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy on Wednesday reported a "massive" explosion and fires aboard two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz late on Tuesday when the vessels were attempting to exit the waterway.
In a statement carried by its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC Navy said the tankers attempted to secretly exit an unauthorized and highly dangerous route of the Strait of Hormuz, struck naval mines and suffered a massive explosion.
The announcement followed separate reports from the IRGC Navy that three tankers had suffered explosion earlier that same day while attempting to use routes Iran had not authorized.
