Explosions Hit Two Oil Tankers in Strait of Hormuz

The threat to oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz continues. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that explosions occurred on two tankers carrying more than 4 million barrels of oil as they transited through a prohibited area of the Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC stated that the explosions occurred last night as the tankers attempted to pass through the prohibited area south of the Strait of Hormuz despite repeated warnings. It warned that any vessel that switches off its navigation systems and uses the unauthorised southern route in cooperation with the US military would suffer the same fate.