Iran-US war, 4 oil tankers on fire in Hormuz. Pasdaran: "Unauthorized route". LIVE

Four oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines. This was announced by the Guardians of the Revolution, the army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to which the two boats were advancing "with their radar and tracking systems turned off", attempting to "clandestinely cross an unauthorized route".

Meanwhile, Donald Trump will discuss Iran with his counterparts Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin during the trilateral talks scheduled for November 19 on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China.

The Iranian navy and the Revolutionary Guards said today that three oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, in an area where Tehran has imposed navigation restrictions. “Shortly ago, two oil tankers – which had deactivated their radars and positioning systems and were attempting to secretly cross the Strait of Hormuz following an unauthorized route – caught fire after hitting a naval mine,” the Guardians of the Revolution said in a statement about the incident, which occurred in the southern part of the sea passage; the news was released by the Iranian state broadcaster in the early hours of Saturday.

In a separate statement, the Iranian navy said another tanker, "while sailing in an unsafe and restricted zone east of the Strait of Hormuz with its tracking and identification systems turned off, caught fire and was forced to stop after hitting a naval mine." Neither the names nor the origin of the boats were released, but the Guardians of the Revolution specified that one of the ships hit was a supertanker.

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The Revolutionary Guards, the army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said two oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claims control of this strategic sea route, through which a fifth of the world's hydrocarbons transited before the war. Tehran targets ships that attempt to cross the strait without its authorization. In contrast, the United States imposes a blockade on Iranian ports and escorts oil tankers along the coast of Oman. "Two oil tankers, which had deactivated their radar and positioning systems and were attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz following an unauthorized route, exploded and caught fire after hitting a naval mine", the Guardians specified in a statement published on Telegram.