Citing Iran's ISNA news agency via Al Jazeera, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that two oil tankers struck mines and caught fire after exploding in a restricted navigation zone south of the Strait of Hormuz. ISNA additionally stated that one of the vessels, a supertanker carrying over 2 million barrels of crude oil, has sunk in the southern waters of the Persian Gulf, with the IRGC warning local fishermen to steer clear of the wreckage. Current reports have not disclosed the names of the vessels; the claim of the sinking originates from ISNA, and it has not been confirmed that both tankers have sunk.