IRGC says tanker passing Hormuz through 'prohibited' route hits mine

IRGC says tanker passing Hormuz through 'prohibited' route hits mine Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy has said a supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil struck a sea mine while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz through a “prohibited” area. “This violating oil tanker had also switched off its tracking systems and was attempting to pass through a prohibited area in the Sea of ​​Oman,” IRGC said in a statement carried by Press TV. The statement said that "uncoordinated movements along prohibited routes and areas result in the creation of…