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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Navy identified another oil tanker that had caught fire while attempting to pass through a restricted area in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz after switching off its tracking systems.
Iran said monitoring teams found the unnamed vessel ablaze after it entered a prohibited zone with its tracking systems disabled, two days after the container ship GFS Pride sank following a fire and the cargo ship Cape Dao also went down after being struck by a projectile.
Iranian naval officials said an oil tanker caught fire while crossing a restricted zone east of the Strait of Hormuz with tracking systems disabled amid maritime tensions.