Washington.- The United States government denied this Friday the claim by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that two oil tankers exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines in international waters, and labeled the Iranian version as false.
The Central Command, through its X account, pointed out that the IRGC’s claims are part of a series of false statements disseminated by the Iranian organization in the midst of the seventh day of attacks between Washington and Tehran, since President Donald Trump declared the truce agreed upon between both countries to be over.
The IRGC stated, in a release disseminated by the state agency Tasnim, that the two oil tankers exploded after entering a maritime minefield south of the Strait of Hormuz and that the vessels, allegedly deceived by U.S. intelligence agencies, caused a large fire following the detonation.
The Iranian organization did not identify the ships or report any possible casualties or damage.
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