Iran says container ship sank after striking naval mine in Strait of Hormuz

 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said Wednesday that a ship carrying more than 2,500 containers sank after striking a naval mine while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz through “an unauthorized” route, Anadolu reports. In a statement carried by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, the IRGC Navy said the vessel struck a mine and caught fire while attempting to navigate “a dangerous and unauthorized” passage through the strategic waterway. The ship sank in waters south of the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday morning after the fire intensified, the statement said. The IRGC Navy urged local vessels and fishermen to exercise extreme caution when navigating the area, warning that containers from the sunken ship were floating on the water’s […]