Iranin vallankumouskaartin mukaan kaksi tankkeria osui merimiinoihin Hormuzinsalmessa perjantai-iltana.
Vallankumouskaartin valtion medialle antaman lausunnon mukaan aluksilla tapahtui räjähdyksiä, joita seurasivat tulipalot. Välikohtauksen kerrotaan sattuneen myöhään perjantai-iltana Ruotsin aikaa. Tarkempia tietoja alusten henkilöllisyydestä tai vaurioiden laajuudesta ei ole annettu.
X-palvelun ensireaktiot keskittyvät vallankumouskaartin väitteeseen kahden tankkerin osumisesta miinoihin Hormuzinsalmessa. Käyttäjät jakavat päivityksiä Yhdysvaltojen ja Iranin välisten jännitteiden keskellä, huomauttavat riippumattoman vahvistuksen puutteesta ja varoittavat mahdollisista laivareittien sulkemisista.
⚠️ Security Incident in the Strait
— Ehsan Safarnejad (@Safarnejad_IR) 17. heinäkuuta 2026
2 oil tankers neglecting the maritime order of the Strait of Hormoz, tried to use the unsafe south corridor and were hit by mines and currently are on fire — IRGC pic.twitter.com/aitXALAc1o
#URGENT Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps says 2 oil tankers 'exploded, caught fire' after attempting to transit Strait of Hormuz, which remains 'completely closed': Iranian media
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) 17. heinäkuuta 2026
The IRGC announced that two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after entering what it described as a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) 17. heinäkuuta 2026
It warned that the waterway is now "completely closed" and declared that "not even a single drop of oil and gas" will be allowed to… pic.twitter.com/GUkt69ccPW
Two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after passing through a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s state TV reports, citing a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
— John The Main Guy (@JohnTheMainGuy1) 17. heinäkuuta 2026
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