Iran says tanker carrying LNG hit mine, suffered explosion in Hormuz

Nov 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas struck a ​naval mine and suffered an ‌explosion in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday while using what they described was an “unauthorised and dangerous route”, state media reported. No ‌details ​on the tanker were ⁠immediately available. Iranian media reported ⁠on Thursday that four oil tankers were hit by explosions in the waterway vital for global shipping, ​adding that the vessels had ignored warnings and entered what it ⁠considers restricted areas of ⁠the strategic waterway. Tankers are ​still facing attacks across the strait, despite ​a rebound in traffic and expectations ‌of a de-escalation in the US-Israeli war on Iran, that have been reflected in falling oil prices. At ⁠least 10 ships were hit in the first 10 days of November, after 37 ⁠attacks ‌in October, which was the ⁠highest monthly tally since ​the ‌conflict began in late February, ​according to ⁠data from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Reporting by Yasmine Ghania and Eman Abouhassira; Writing by Emily Giles; Editing by Michael Georgy and ​Muralikumar Anantharaman)