Iran’s Army Navy says another oil tanker caught fire after striking naval mines while sailing through an unauthorized and unsafe area east of the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement on Saturday, the Army Navy’s public relations office said the violating tanker had been operating in the restricted area in disregard of warnings when it struck naval mines and caught fire.

“Despite the US president’s false claims, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s policy of managing the Strait of Hormuz remains unchanged,” it added.

According to the statement, all vessels, particularly oil tankers and commercial ships, must fully observe maritime warnings and restrictions.

They must also avoid entering unsafe areas and refrain from switching off their identification and tracking systems, it emphasized.

Three offending tankers catch fire in Strait of Hormuz after defying Iranian warnings: IRGC

The IRGC Navy says three oil tankers caught fire after attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz via an unauthorized route.

The statement came a day after the Army Navy said that its forces had struck and destroyed a remotely operated vessel while it was operating east of the Strait of Hormuz.

Since the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran on February 28, Tehran has imposed strict regulations on the Strait, requiring all vessels to coordinate with Iranian naval authorities and obtain permission before transiting.

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its complete control, with the IRGC Navy and the Army Navy jointly managing security in the region.

Officials have warned that ships that try to avoid detection by turning off their systems, or that enter unauthorized routes, do so at their own risk and expose themselves to the defensive measures in place to protect the Islamic Republic's sovereign rights and the security of the Persian Gulf.

In its weekly report on Friday, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains 70 percent below the levels recorded before the US-Israeli war on Iran.

The UKMTO said that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained approximately 70 percent below pre-war levels, with 277 vessel movements recorded in the seven days leading up to October 28.