23.10.2026 23:34
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Army announced that two supertankers with a total oil-carrying capacity of more than 4 million 500 thousand barrels struck a naval mine and an explosion occurred while trying to pass through an "unauthorized" route south of the Strait of Hormuz. It was reported that the tankers, whose engine sections were heavily damaged, could not move and that the personnel abandoned the ships.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that "two supertankers" struck a naval mine south of the Strait of Hormuz and that an explosion followed.
In a written statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, it was stated that two super oil tankers with a total oil-carrying capacity of more than 4.5 million barrels attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the morning hours.
PERSONNEL ABANDONED THE SHIPS
While it was stated that the tankers struck a mine and an explosion occurred while they were trying to pass through an "unauthorized" route south of the Strait of Hormuz, it was announced that the ship personnel abandoned the ships after the explosion.
The statement also emphasized that after the explosion, major damage occurred in the engine section of the ships and the ships could not move, while footage of the ships that struck the mine was broadcast on state television.
THE STRAIT HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE JULY
Iran announced that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz again on July 12, after the US resumed its attacks on July 8.
The Tehran administration had threatened to target ships passing outside the designated route and "without permission."