Three oil tankers have hit sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media reported this, citing Iran’s navy, Reuters writes.
According to the reports, one tanker struck a mine in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz on the morning of 14 November. Two more vessels hit mines later that same day.
Iran’s IRNA news agency, citing the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that two tankers allegedly tried to pass through the strait via a prohibited route.
“Two offending tankers [...] tried to pass unnoticed along a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz when they struck sea mines, exploded and caught fire,” the agency quoted the Iranian military as saying.
- On 11 November, Iran attacked ships’ navigation systems on Oman’s Didamar Island in the Strait of Hormuz.