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Iran: Two tankers caught fire in Hormuz after hitting mines

📍 Strait of Hormuz, IR·🕐 3h ago·7 outlets

TEHERAN: Two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA.

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New Straits Times· National ↗Dhaka Tribune· National ↗Tehran Times· National · state media ↗TASS· News agency · state media ↗Asharq Al-Awsat· International ↗Hürriyet Daily News· National ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 describes a single tanker and a Saturday incident in the eastern strait, which conflicts with Report 1's two tankers reported Sunday, while Reports 3 and 4 match Report 1's two-tanker mine st

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