October 20, 2026CommoditiesPolitics·Bearish·geopolitics
IRGC releases video of two tankers carrying 4.5M barrels exploding after hitting mines in Strait of Hormuz, crews abandoning ships
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says two oil tankers carrying more than 4.5 million barrels of crude struck naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz after attempting to pass through the unauthorized southern route, sparking explosions and fires that disabled their engine rooms and led crews to abandon the vessels. The IRGC released video of the two supertankers exploding and being abandoned on the strait's southern coast.
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