Four tankers were destroyed after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The IRGC said the vessels were attempting to travel through a route that had been prohibited when they struck the mines. The statement did not provide further details about when the incident occurred, the identities or flags of the tankers, or whether anyone was injured or killed.
The Strait of Hormuz is the waterway involved in the reported incident. No additional information about the minefield, the reason the route was prohibited or the circumstances surrounding the tankers’ movements was provided in the supplied material.
The latest account comes from the IRGC, and no independent confirmation or response from the tanker operators or other authorities is included. Further details would be needed to establish the full circumstances and consequences of the reported destruction.
