Iran regional confrontation

IRGC claims three tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz

ATTACK
Location
Strait of Hormuz; individual vessels and operation points not geolocated (measured administrative or locality reference; exact incident site not geolocated)
Importance
Standard

Al-Manar carried an IRGC Navy statement claiming three unnamed oil tankers exploded and caught fire after hitting naval mines in the southern Strait of Hormuz lane during the preceding 24 hours. It said the tankers had switched off radar and navigation systems and were left off the southern coast. No independent confirmation, vessel identities or exact incident positions were supplied; the statement does not identify who laid the mines.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: بالفيديو | حرس الثورة الإيراني: انفجار واحتراق 3 ناقلات نفط بعد اصطدامها بألغام في مضيق هرمز – قناة المنار

The account is attributed to the cited official or newsroom record and has not been independently corroborated. The marker is a geographic reference, not an exact incident position.