IRGC: Third oil tanker explodes in the Strait of Hormuz

The public relations office of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced that the third oil tanker suffered an accident in the Strait of Hormuz today and caught fire after striking a sea mine.

According to a statement by the IRGC Navy, an oil tanker of the “Shuttle” type carrying 750,000 barrels of crude oil attempted, despite the Navy’s warnings and alerts, to pass through an unauthorized route; as a result, it struck a sea mine and exploded.

No further details about human casualties or the condition of the tanker have so far been released by official sources.