Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran's IslamicRevolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said on Thursday that three oil tankersexploded and caught fire after striking naval mines while attempting to use an “unauthorizedroute” south of the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours.
According to theIRGC, the tankers switched off their radar and navigation systems and attemptedto cross through the southern route despite its warnings. They were leftstranded off the strait's southern coast, the statement said, describing theroute as "contaminated" with mines and blaming the ships' owners andcrews.
The IRGC urgedshipowners and crews to ignore the "illusions" of US Central Command(CENTCOM) on social media, and vowed a firm response to any US-backedprovocation that disregards the rules it enforces in the strait.
A day earlier,CENTCOM said all internationally recognized shipping lanes in Hormuz had beencleared of mines by US forces and remained safe, dismissing Iranian reports ofmine strikes as false.
Separately, theUnited Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported suspicious activityon Thursday about 9 nautical miles (17 kilometers) north of Khasab, Oman, wherea ship's master saw another vessel on fire. The crew's condition was unknown,and no damage or environmental assessment was yet available, UKMTO said. It wasunclear whether the incident was linked to the IRGC's claims.
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