Tehran/Washington/Dubai ¨C Iran¡¯s Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes.
¡°An hour ago, two oil tankers, which were trying to pass through the minefield south of the Strait of Hormuz by deceptive American intelligence agencies, exploded and caught fire,¡± the Guard said in a statement published by state news agency IRNA, without identifying the tankers.
The Revolutionary Guard also said on state television they ¡°stopped¡± four ships trying to transit the critical waterway.
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