The supplied Al Jazeera excerpt says CENTCOM disputed an IRGC claim that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia hit naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. Central Command has rejected a claim by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia struck naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the supplied Al Jazeera feed excerpt.
The excerpt provides no further details about the alleged incident, the vessel’s condition, the location of the reported claim or CENTCOM’s stated basis for disputing it.
Sources and verification This original brief was prepared from reporting supplied by Al Jazeera. Vertrix News links to the source so readers can review the underlying report and later updates.
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