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The Strait of Hormuz is a key transportation hub for global oil and is an area where military tensions frequently occur between Iran and Western countries.
(Cairo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on the 12th (local time) that it had struck the third super tanker in two days in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Revolutionary Guard's naval public relations department announced through its official media outlet, Sepa News, that "this morning, a third very large oil tanker was hit and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz."
The Revolutionary Guard Navy claimed, "This oil tanker had previously turned off its navigation system and ignored our Navy's warnings," and added, "We struck it because it was attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting order and security in the strait."
He then strongly warned, "Any action by merchant ships or oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf that cooperates with the 'American terrorist army' and smugglers will be met with a stern response."
The Revolutionary Guard also released a related video. The 28-second video showed an oil tanker with smoke rising as if it had been hit by a projectile.
The oil tanker in the video has the name 'AL MAQAM' and a sign for Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.

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