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Two oil tankers ablaze after striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz

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Two oil tankers ablaze after striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz
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Two oil tankers ablaze after striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said two oil tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz had struck naval…

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said two oil tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz had struck naval mines.

In a statement to the ISNA news agency, the IRGC said: "two oil tankers travelling in the southern no-go zone of the Strait of Hormuz suffered a massive explosion after hitting sea mines."

Both tankers were reportedly set ablaze after the blast. ISNA added that one of the supertankers carried more than two million barrels of crude oil, whcih sank in the southern waters of the Gulf.

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