Iran's army says two oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines in the eastern Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state television reported on Thursday 12 November, according to Iran International.
The army's public relations office said the tankers had entered a prohibited and unsafe zone despite warnings and had switched off their radar. No vessels were named.
It is not clear whether this is the same incident the IRGC Navy described on Wednesday night, when it said two supertankers were immobilised by a "violent explosion". The IRGC later reportedly called that an "accident", and state media said those tankers hit mines.
The army's account adds two new claims, the ignored warnings and the radar being switched off. The IRGC did not mention either.
Fact check. Iranian bodies have now given differing accounts of how the tankers were damaged. The mine claim again conflicts with the US military, which recently said all mines had been cleared from the strait. There is no independent confirmation of the army's account.