Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers transiting through the Strait of Hormuz hit mines and exploded, according to a statement published by state news agency IRNA.
"An hour ago, two oil tankers, which were trying to pass through the minefield south of the Strait of Hormuz by deceptive American intelligence agencies, exploded and caught fire," the Guards said in their statement, without identifying the tankers.
"To protect their capital and, more importantly, their lives, the sailors should not be deceived and enter the minefield," they said.
Iran has again virtually closed the Strait of Hormuz for a week.
It is seeking to control the vital waterway and has been warning tankers and cargo ships to only use channels close to its coastline, to the north of the strait, and not southern corridors the United States has been attempting to protect.
The US, in response to Iran's threats to shipping in the strait, reimposed a navy blockade against Iranian ports. It has also been carrying out nightly airstrikes on targets in Iran aimed at weakening Tehran's abilities to monitor and threaten the strait.
Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Saturday that the latest series of US strikes hit the cities of Ahvaz in the southwest, Bandar Abbas and the island of Qeshm on the strait, as well as Lar, Darab in the south and Yazd in the centre. The agency said it was not immediately known if there were any casualties.
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