Tehran (AFP) – Three oil tankers caught fire on Sunday in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards reported.
First modification: 11/09/2026 - 14:53
Iran claims control of this maritime route, through which a fifth of the world's hydrocarbons transited before the war unleashed at the end of February by Israeli-American attacks against Tehran.
Iranian forces regularly attack ships passing through the area without their authorization along the coast of Oman.
Recently, several ships have suffered explosions and struck mines in that strait.
The United States imposes a blockade on Iranian ports and escorts oil tankers along the Omani coast. He also claims to have demined a large part of the sea route.
The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, reported on its Sepah News site that "three offending oil tankers" "caught fire while sailing the illegal route in the Strait of Hormuz during the early hours" of Sunday. They described it as "explosions."
Tehran has not communicated the names of the ships or their flag.
Earlier, the Irna agency stated that two of the ships had "hit naval mines."
Britain's maritime safety agency UKMTO reported Sunday that an oil tanker caught fire Saturday in the strait off Oman.
According to public media in the United Arab Emirates, 22 people have been rescued from a burning boat in the Gulf of Oman and are in a stable condition.
The AFP has not been able to confirm whether this incident is related to the one mentioned by UKMTO.
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