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November 11, 2026 / 7:06 AM EST / CBS News
\n\nIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that two more oil tankers had struck sea mines and caught on fire in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest of what have become daily claims by Iranian forces about attacks on commercial vessels in and around the strategic waterway.
\n\n"Two oil tankers that attempted to secretly leave the Strait of Hormuz last night via an unauthorized and hazardous route, under the protection of fighter jets belonging to the plundering and aggressor U.S. military, struck naval mines and sustained massive explosions," the IRGC said in a statement.
\n\nIran has attacked ships for months that it accuses of trying to transit the waterway without its approval, using southern shipping lanes the U.S. military insists are safe and open. The U.S. military, meanwhile, has also struck tankers it accuses of violating its blockade of Iranian ports.
\n\nThe IRGC claimed Tuesday that at least two oil tankers had caught on fire after explosions in the strait under similar circumstances, and the the U.K. navy's Maritime Trade Operations center said a tanker reported being hit by a projectile in the strait on Tuesday evening.
\n\nThe U.S.-Iran war…
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