Iran says four tankers exploded using ‘unauthorised’ Hormuz routes

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Friday that four oil tankers had caught fire and exploded while attempting to use what it described as unauthorised routes through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported. An IRGC Navy statement said one of the tankers, which was carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil, had hit a mine.