Iran reports ship fires, mine strikes, threatens wider response against US

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Iran’s IRGC Navy claims that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers caught fire after being struck in the northern Persian Gulf, and that three other vessels hit mines west of the Strait of Hormuz. The force warned of a broader response against the United States, raising tensions around a strategically important shipping route.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf were simultaneously hit and caught fire after being tracked by its forces on Wednesday. The IRGC added that three more vessels collided with mines west of the Strait of Hormuz, and warned the ...