Iran’s Guards say tankers exploded from Hormuz mines as US strikes continue

TEHRAN – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on July 18 that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the US and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes. “An hour ago, two oil tankers, which were trying to pass through the minefield south of the Strait of Hormuz by deceptive American intelligence agencies, exploded and caught fire,” the Guards said in a statement published by state news agency IRNA, without identifying the tankers. The Revolutionary Guards also said on state television they “stopped” four ships trying to transit the critical waterway. US forces, meanwhile,…