According to a live broadcast by Al Jazeera on November 8, the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran stated in a Telegram statement that day that since the early morning, three oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz via unauthorized routes had suffered explosions and severe fires. The statement noted that these tankers had turned off their navigation and identification systems, and attributed the fires to this action as well as the operations of the US military.