Iran war live: Multiple tankers and drone reported struck around Hormuz

A container ship during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz [File: Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

By Mohammed R Mhawish and Mahmoud Sayed

Iran’s IRGC Navy said it stopped two tankers passing through the southern Strait of Hormuz and claimed that a supertanker caught fire after hitting a naval mine in the strait. Iran’s navy, a separate naval force, said two oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the eastern part of the waterway. Both navies accused the tankers of using “unauthorised routes”. Iran’s navy also said it destroyed an unmanned enemy drone craft to the east of the strait.
Oman’s navy says it rescued 25 crew members aboard a vessel “targeted” 196km (122 miles) off the coast of the country’s Musandam governorate, which borders the Strait of Hormuz.