TEHRAN, November 12. /TASS/. Two supertankers with more than four million barrels of oil on board in total exploded and caught fire on the route not authorized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, the public relations department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said.

"Two tankers that violated the rules, contrary to repeated warnings of the Hormuz Strait traffic control center of the IRGC Navy that the southern route is not authorized and not safe, when sailing over the route in the Strait of Hormuz not authorized [by Iran] <...> stopped after a very strong explosion," the IRGC said.

Both ships are on fire now, the IRGC Navy said. Any vessel that will turn off navigation systems in the Persian Gulf and the Hormuz Strait and will cooperate with the US Armed Forces when passing over the southern unauthorized route will face the same destiny, it cautioned.