The Revolutionary Guard announces that a fire broke out in two oil tankers and a tugboat in the Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that a fire broke out in two oil tankers and a naval tug while passing through the southern route, which Tehran considers “prohibited” in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the official Iranian News Agency (IRNA). The Iranian Revolutionary Guard also claimed control of two Lucas drones.

A statement by the Revolutionary Guards said: “Last night, in two separate incidents, a huge oil tanker that was trying to cross the illegal passage south of the Strait was exposed to a fire after it collided with a mine and stopped moving. Another giant oil tanker that was on its way out of this passage east of the Strait of Hormuz also stopped as a result of a massive fire, while a naval tug that approached it to extinguish the fire also caught fire.” The Revolutionary Guard added in its statement, which was reported by IRNA, that “fighters of the electronic warfare unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval Force were able, by controlling and directing two Lucas attack drones, to land them safely and control them as spoils.”

The Revolutionary Guard continued by saying, “The American regime - which, through its insistence and incitement of naval vessels to commit violations and cross the mined corridor, imposes exorbitant costs to secure the damaged vessels on American taxpayers and its allies in the region - if it had possessed some measure, it would not have incurred these heavy losses and shameful electoral failure. Instead of releasing the frozen Iranian assets, which do not even amount to half of what it has incurred in these costs so far, attempts to violate the law in the Strait of Hormuz will only lead to more financial losses and major political defeats for America,” he said. It is still unclear what steps the Trump administration intends to take towards Iran after the Republicans lost the US midterm elections, the results of which both US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance admitted were affected by the Iran war.