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Iran says three tankers exploded using ‘unauthorised’ Hormuz routes
Iran says three tankers exploded using ‘unauthorised’ Hormuz routes Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Friday that three 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. State media said Iranian forces had also downed and captured a US MQM-170 drone over Iran's Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz.
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