On the evening of November 1, local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran announced that two tankers were struck by lightning while crossing the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's authorization. One of them was a supertanker. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran said that the two tankers shut down their navigation systems in an attempt to clandestinely cross the Strait of Hormuz with the support of the US military, but were forced to stop sailing after being hit by lightning.

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago
On the evening of November 1, local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran announced that two tankers were struck by lightning while crossing the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's authorization. One of them was a supertanker. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran said that the two tankers shut down their navigation systems in an attempt to clandestinely cross the Strait of Hormuz with the support of the US military, but were forced to stop sailing after being hit by lightning.