Iran says three tankers exploded using ‘unauthorised’ Hormuz routes
Iran says three tankers exploded using ‘unauthorised’ Hormuz routes Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Friday that three oil tankers had caught fire and exploded while attempting to use what it described as unauthorised routes through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported. An IRGC Navy statement said one of the tankers, which was carrying 2 million barrels of…
Iran contends that three oil tankers caught fire and exploded while traversing unauthorized paths through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC Navy disclosed that one of the tankers, transporting 2 million barrels of crude oil, collided with a mine. State-run media reported that Iranian forces also captured and downed a US MQM-170 drone near Iran's Qeshm Island, situated adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz.
Additionally, Iran asserted that it destroyed an unmanned US vessel within the eastern Strait of Hormuz. However, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) refuted these claims, stating that all US military unmanned surface vessels in the Middle East, including a squadron of advanced sea drones patrolling the Strait of Hormuz to bolster CENTCOM's defensive capabilities, are accounted for.
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