The Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported today that, in the last 12 hours, three oil tankers suffered damage after explosions caused by mines, while sailing by unauthorized routes in the Strait of Ormuz.
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03/11/2026
by
Lusa
A Iranian Revolutionary Guard today reported that, in the last 12 hours, three more tankers suffered damage following explosions caused by mines, when sailing for “unauthorised routes” in the Strait of Ormuz.
“ Since the early hours of dawn today, three oil tankers have been the target of explosions and major fires on an unauthorized route from the Strait of Ormuz, to the point where fishermen in the eastern part of the strait have lived an enlightened night,” said the elite military corps, in a statement quoted by the agency Tasnim.
The Revolutionary Guard stated that the three tankers, whose flags did not identify, “are abandoned and burning near the south coast of the strait”.
The Iranian military again warned that “disobey and ignore” their instructions to cross the strategic passage of Ormuz will cause new accidents.
“ The real situation in the Strait of Ormuz is what you are seeing, not what the commander of Centcom (Central Command of the United States), a terrorist organization, presents on social networks through archive images,” said the Revolutionary Guard.
In the last three weeks, Iran has reported more than 30 incidents involving vessels, of which at least 20 were caused by naval mines, in that strategic maritime passage that Tehran has been trying to keep blocked since the beginning of the war with the United States and Israel on 28 February.
The most recent incidents occur at a time when Tehran and Washington have in recent days intensified negotiations to end the war, just before the mid-term elections in the United States.
The United States, which had not announced attacks on Iran for more than two months, bombed on Monday night the Iranian island of Qeshm in the south of the country in a limited military operation, reported The Wall Street Journal.
Iran did not confirm the US attacks on its territory, although it announced the capture of two U.S. drones south of Qeshm Island and the slaughter of a third to the east of Ormuz Strait.