Iran said it controls the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for one-fifth of the world’s hydrocarbon supplies before the war. (EPA Images pic)DUBAI: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a ship caught fire and sank in the Strait of Hormuz because of a mine, while British security firm Vanguard also reported a sinking.
"A container ship attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz using an unauthorised and dangerous shipping lane struck a mine that exploded," said the navy of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military.
Images released by the Guards show a plume of black smoke rising from a ship, while dozens of containers that have fallen into the sea float on the water.
