Oil tanker explodes in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a naval mine
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The incident comes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday said that three oil tankers attempted to use an unauthorised southern route through the Strait of Hormuz.
An oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday (July 26) after colliding with a naval mine outside a navigation route designated by Iran said Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reports. No immediate official statement has been released by the Iranian authorities about the incident so far.
The incident comes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday said that three oil tankers attempted to use an unauthorised southern route through the Strait of Hormuz.
One of the tankers, according to IRGC, struck an explosive device and caught fire, prompting the other two to turn back after receiving warnings. It also threatened that vessels attempting to transit the waterway without coordinating with Iranian authorities would "suffer the same fate."
Earlier, on July 14, the IRGC claimed it had struck and disabled two supertankers after they allegedly ignored repeated warnings, turned off their navigation systems, and entered a mined corridor outside the designated shipping route.
US attacks on hold?
Meanwhile, US has stopped attacks on Iran after nearly two weeks of sustained military operations. Since the last two days there has been no US military strikes on Iran.
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After US stopped attacks on Iran, Trump speaking to reporters in the White House said he retains the option of continuing or escalating the attacks, but a more feasible option would be to reach an agreement with Iran.
“We're talking to [the Iranians] right now. I think they're getting more and more serious as the days go by. We're locked and loaded and ready to go, but we're talking to them,” Trump said.
