BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 18. Two oil tankers struck mines and caught fire while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said.

According to the IRGC, the tankers were traveling along a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz, which the Iranian side claims they had been directed to follow by the United States.

The IRGC Navy also said that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to maritime traffic due to what it described as a high level of danger.