TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that two "violating" oil tankers suffered massive explosions on the "unauthorized" route in the Strait of Hormuz.
Both tankers had turned off all their navigation and identification systems, caught fire, and were stopped, the navy said in a statement on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News.
It added that one of the vessels exploded after hitting naval mines, while the other, supported by the "aggressive" U.S. fighter aircraft and seeking to "surreptitiously cross the illegal route", was set on fire following an incident.
The IRGC's navy reiterated the warning that the "unauthorized" route in the strait is "unsafe," and that all those seeking to transit it in cooperation with the "terrorist" U.S. Army would suffer the same fate.
Iran tightened its grip on the strait on Feb. 28, barring safe passage of vessels belonging to or affiliated with Israel and the United States following their joint strikes on Iranian territory. ■
