The IRGC Navy’s Public Relations Office issued the following statement:
“Earlier today, two violating oil tankers attempting to secretly transit an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, with their navigation systems and Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders switched off, struck naval mines, causing them to explode and catch fire extensively.
“Following the explosions involving the two tankers, two other oil tankers that had also intended to make a covert passage complied with warnings issued by the IRGC Navy’s maritime traffic control center in the Strait of Hormuz and turned back toward the waters of the Persian Gulf.”
Maryam Abolbagha
