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Tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz after hitting naval mine, says Iranian navy

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Tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz after hitting naval mine, says Iranian navy
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The Iranian navy has said that a tanker has caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a naval mine, halting its journey. “An offending oil tanker that was travelling in an unsafe area east of the Strait of Hormuz caught fire” after.

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  • —The Iranian navy has said that a tanker has caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a naval mine, halting its journey.
  • —“An offending oil tanker that was travelling in an unsafe area east of the Strait of Hormuz caught fire” after hitting a naval mine, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported a [].
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