IRGC: Tanker in the Strait of Hormuz hit a naval mine

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that a tanker that ignored warnings hit a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz. The statement says the vessel did not learn from the fate of previous destroyed tankers.

The naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that a tanker that ignored repeated warnings hit a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC statement says the tanker did not learn from the fate of previous tankers that were destroyed. Other details — the vessel's name, its flag, casualties or damage — are not provided. The incident occurred in the strategically important strait through which a significant portion of the world's oil supplies pass.

IRGC: Tanker in the Strait of Hormuz hit a naval mine