The IRGC Navy has warned that any ship cooperating with US forces to cross the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz faces the same fate as the two supertankers it says were stopped there on Wednesday night.
Its statement, carried by Iran's ISNA news agency on Thursday 12 November and reported by Anews, says any vessel in the Persian Gulf or the strait that switches off its navigation systems and works with US forces on that route would meet the same end.
According to Anews, the statement says the two tankers were stopped by a "massive explosion" after crossing the southern part of the strait late on Wednesday despite repeated warnings from the IRGC's traffic control centre. It puts their combined cargo at more than 4 million barrels of oil. It accuses the ships of cooperating with the US military but does not name them or give further details.
The statement as reported by Anews does not mention mines. The mine account came later from Iranian state media.
In its claim about an earlier tanker incident, the IRGC also accused CENTCOM and its commander, Brad Cooper, of spreading false information, Iranwire reports.
There is still no independent or US confirmation that the incident took place.