IRGC claims tanker mine hit Fire reported in Hormuz

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IRINN relays the IRGC Navy's public-relations claim that an unnamed crude-oil supertanker, using an unauthorized hazardous exit route through Hormuz with navigation and positioning systems switched off, struck a naval mine and suffered a large explosion and fire visible from the coast. The office warns that noncompliant tankers risk this fate. Vessel identity, strike time, responsibility for laying the mine and the damage are not independently established in the report.

The IRGC Navy's public-relations office claims that an unnamed crude-oil supertanker, attempting to leave Hormuz on an unauthorized hazardous route with its navigation and positioning systems off, struck a naval mine and is burning in a large blaze visible from the coast. IRINN relays the claim. Vessel identity, attack date, damage and mine-laying responsibility remain unverified.