Three oil tankers have struck naval mines and caught fire while navigating “unauthorised” routes through the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports citing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy.
The Tasnim News Agency, citing a statement from the IRGC Navy’s public relations office, reports that the three tankers experienced explosions and severe fires after entering “unauthorised” shipping routes with their navigation and identification systems switched off.
The IRGC said the tankers had been abandoned near the southern shores of the Strait of Hormuz and remained engulfed in flames, adding that Iranian regulations governing navigation through the strait have repeatedly been communicated to vessels through radio broadcasts and official naval notices.
It warns that ships disregarding these regulations and cooperating with the US military to cross unauthorised routes could face similar incidents.
