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MapIran’s Revolutionary Guards Say Two Oil Tankers Hit Mines, Catch Fire Near Strait Of Hormuz
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Two oil tankers struck mines near the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire. The ships reportedly switched off navigation and used an unauthorized route.
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Mines and Tanker Fires
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two oil tankers caught fire in and near the Strait of Hormuz after striking naval mines, with one tanker in the eastern part of the strait and the other inside it. The IRGC said the tankers “violating regulations” switched off their navigation and positioning systems while attempting to cross through an unauthorized route, and the statement did not specify the name or nationality of the vessels.
Two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines, and the IRGC Navy announced the burning tankers late Saturday. The DIE WELT account described Iranian state television reporting explosions in several areas in the south of the country, including on Kish Island in the Strait, and it said it was not initially clear whether those sounds were related to the incidents cited by the Revolutionary Guards.
Competing Enforcement Narratives
The IRGC said both tankers switched off their navigation and positioning systems and attempted to use an unauthorized route, and it accused both vessels of multiple violations.
CENTCOM said an American aircraft disabled a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman after repeated attempts to breach the US naval blockade of Iran, identifying the vessel as the St. Kitts-flagged Huda.
The https account said CENTCOM fired precision munitions into the stern of the cargo vessel M/V Huda at approximately 20:35 GMT on November 7, and it said the IRGC announced at 20:56 GMT on November 7 that two oil tankers had struck mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
DIE WELT said the U.S. military announced its forces had made a merchant vessel maneuver-disabled that had tried to break the U.S. blockade against Iran, and it added that there was also an incident in the Gulf of Oman.
What Comes Next
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards framed the tanker fires as a consequence of ships attempting to transit through unauthorized routes, and it warned that vessels cooperating with the United States or disobeying Tehran’s regulations would collide with a mine. The https account said CENTCOM cited a cumulative enforcement tally since the blockade’s reinstatement on July 14, including 147 commercial vessels redirected, five merchant ships disabled, and 10 Iranian commercial oil tankers destroyed.
Brad Cooper ordered the formation of a task force named 'Iron Gate', and the task force would be deployed at CENTCOM’s headquarters in Tampa, Florida. Iran International also said CENTCOM reported that the naval blockade had prevented the export of Iranian crude oil valued at more than $25 billion in recent months, while it described U.S. pressure on Iraq to close border crossings with Iran except for two crossings.