Iran says three oil tankers on fire in Hormuz

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday that three oil tankers were on fire in the Strait of Hormuz, where the country regularly targets ships that transit without its authorization.

Later in the day, the Emirati state oil company ADNOC said one of its vessels had “sustained damage following an attack in the UAE’s territorial waters” in the Gulf, during the afternoon.

British maritime agency UKMTO also reported a tanker was “struck by an unknown projectile” off the Omani coast, near the Strait of Hormuz.

It was unclear whether either incident was one of the ships mentioned by Tehran.

Since the outbreak of the Middle East war in late February, Tehran has heavily restricted traffic through the strategic waterway, insisting vessels use routes authorized by the Islamic republic.