Key facts
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after hitting sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Guards said the tankers were crossing the strait without coordination with Iranian authorities, Iranian state TV reported.
- The report gave no names, flags or cargo for the two tankers and no account of the damage.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Friday that two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after striking sea mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordination with Iranian authorities, according to Iranian state TV, which Reuters cited in a report published on November 13.
The report gave no further details. It did not name the tankers, their flags or their owners, and did not say what they were carrying. It also did not say how large the explosions or the fires were, whether the vessels were damaged, or whether anyone on board was injured.
The Strait of Hormuz is the channel at the mouth of the Persian Gulf through which tanker traffic passes, but the report gave no assessment of whether shipping had been disrupted.