Iran says four tankers set ablaze by mines in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that at least four oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines while trying to pass through a stretch of the Strait of Hormuz that Tehran has declared off-limits, and that two more vessels were halted; the Guards also said they shot down a drone over the strait. Iran has controlled traffic through the strait since a US-Israeli strike touched off the war with Iran in February, and indirect talks on reopening it to normal shipping have made only halting progress.

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