Iranian Revolutionary Guard: Two explosions occurred in two giant oil tankers that crossed the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed that two oil tankers carrying more than four million barrels of oil were subjected to two massive explosions while crossing the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran considers impermissible, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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Why It Matters
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency claimed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that two oil tankers were exposed to two massive explosions while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, at a time when the British Maritime Trade Operations Authority did not announce any incident on Wednesday or Thursday morning.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed that two oil tankers were subjected to “two massive explosions” while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, and claimed that they were carrying “4 million barrels of oil,” according to what was reported by the semi-official Iranian “Tasnim” agency on Thursday.
The public relations of the IRGC Naval Force said in a statement Thursday that the two tankers were transiting the southern route in the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran considers “impermissible.”
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said that two explosions occurred on the two tankers last night.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed that the two tankers were “giant oil tankers and carried a total of more than 4 million barrels of oil,” according to the agency.
The Revolutionary Guard said in the statement: “Every ship in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz that turns off its navigation systems and cooperates with the US military smugglers in crossing through the unauthorized southern route in the Strait of Hormuz will have an end like this,” according to what the agency reported.
The last report published by the British Maritime Trade Operations Authority on Wednesday morning was about an incident involving an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, while it did not announce any other incident on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Open Questions
- Were the two explosions actually confirmed by independent sources?
- What is the identity of the two oil tankers and their owner?
- Are there any injuries or environmental damage as a result of the two explosions?
