Two oil tankers burned down in Ormuz after colliding with mines

Doil tankers burned today in the Strait of Ormuz, colliding with naval mines, after trying to cross this commercial passage without following the instructions of the Iranian authorities, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported.

“ Two illegal tankers attempting to cross the Ormuz Strait secretly and without authorization, with their navigation and automatic identification systems disabled, exploded and burned after colliding with naval mines,” the Revolutionary Guard indicated in a statement published tonight.

Following these explosions, two other tankers tried to “secretly” cross the Strait of Ormuz, but when they “received warnings from the Revolutionary Guard’s Naval Traffic Control Center” they “returned to the waters of the Persian Gulf,” said the same authority.

In the morning, Iran reported that an oil tanker burned down and was immobilized after colliding with a naval mine east of the Ormuz Strait.

Iran has restricted the passage through the Strait of Ormuz in retaliation for the US and Israeli attacks on its territory, which has led to an increase in oil prices worldwide, as this is a key export route for crude oil in the Middle East region.

October recorded the largest monthly number of incidents against commercial navigation since February this year, indicated the UN on Friday, alerting to daily reports of new attacks.

See the video in the gallery above.