Two supertankers using unauthorised Hormuz route hit naval mines, IRGC says

Two supertankers using unauthorised Hormuz route hit naval mines, IRGC says Two supertankers struck naval mines while attempting to use an unauthorised route south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said. The ensuing explosions and intense fires left the engine rooms of both vessels disabled, leaving them stranded in the waterway, IRGC said. Fars news agency, meanwhile, cited an IR…