The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran issued a statement on the 5th saying that two illegal tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of the 4th: a large tanker caught fire and stopped sailing after being hit by lightning through an “illegal” waterway in the southern part of the strait; an extensive fire broke out and stopped sailing when the tanker left the eastern part of the strait; and a tugboat close to the tanker to extinguish the fire also caught fire. The Revolutionary Guard Naval Electronic Warfare Force seized two invading “low-cost unmanned combat attack system” drones on the same day. The statement stressed that the US continues to “incite and encourage” ships to sail into minefield waterways in violation of regulations, causing damaged ships to bear huge insurance costs and pass them on to US taxpayers and their regional allies, and that acting illegally in the Strait of Hormuz will only bring greater economic losses and more serious political failure to the US.

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