Iran’s IRGC says two supertankers on fire after being stopped by ‘massive explosion’ overnight in Strait of Hormuz

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says two supertankers carrying more than four million barrels of oil were hit by a “massive explosion” while sailing through what it called an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement published by the Tasnim news agency, the IRGC navy said the tankers were stopped overnight after ignoring repeated warnings from its traffic control centre that the strait’s southern route was “unauthorised and unsafe”. It said both vessels were now on fire.

The IRGC blamed the US for the incident, saying the ships were burning because of their “trust in the plundering and aggressor US army”.

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