On the 11th local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran released a video showing the moment an oil tanker exploded and caught fire. The Revolutionary Guard said that the tanker had originally planned to leave the Strait of Hormuz, but turned off all navigation systems, violated the rules of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and caused an accident by passing through the prohibited route without permission. According to the Revolutionary Guard, this is the third tanker since the 10th local time to have been hit by lightning and caught fire through a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz without permission.

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago
On the 11th local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran released a video showing the moment an oil tanker exploded and caught fire. The Revolutionary Guard said that the tanker had originally planned to leave the Strait of Hormuz, but turned off all navigation systems, violated the rules of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and caused an accident by passing through the prohibited route without permission. According to the Revolutionary Guard, this is the third tanker since the 10th local time to have been hit by lightning and caught fire through a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz without permission.