Despite attempts by the White House to declare the war against Iran nearly over, reality seems to disagree. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said in a statement late on Nov. 7, that two tankers had struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz, reported Tasnim. “These two tankers, through multiple violations and by switching off their navigation and positioning systems, intended to transit the Strait of Hormuz via an unauthorized route. After hitting a mine, they exploded and are burning,” the statement said. Any ship that cooperates with the U.S. military, it warned, “will inevitably hit a mine.”

Then on Sunday Nov. 8, the IRGC said three more vessels had “caught fire” in Hormuz in the past 24 hours. “Since the early hours of this morning, three non-compliant tankers have exploded and caught fire while they were sailing in the illegal channel in the Strait of Hormuz,” it said, reported Arab News.

CENTCOM has not responded specifically to the weekend claims.