The Iranian Army announced that two more oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines in a prohibited and dangerous area east of the Strait of Hormuz around noon today, APA's Tehran bureau reports.
According to the Iranian Army, the tankers entered the area despite warnings and with their radar systems switched off.
The Iranian Army added that the US President bears primary responsibility for the fires aboard the tankers in the dangerous and prohibited area, followed by the shipowners who trusted him.