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IRGC claims to ‘halt’ two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that two oil tankers trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz “exploded and were brought to a halt.”
“Late last night, two non-compliant oil tankers… attempted to enter and exit through what was described as the unsafe and hazardous southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, exploded and were brought to a halt,” the Guards says in a statement, according to the Tasnim news agency.
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