FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the sinking of a containership with a capacity of 2,500 TEUs in the Strait of Hormuz after it reportedly struck a mine. According to Al Jazeera, the incident occurred in the early hours of the morning of 14 October, with a powerful explosion triggering a fire on board before the vessel sank. RelatedNews Tankers turn away from Persian Gulf as security risks mount Iran accuses US forces of misusing maritime distress channel in Persian Gulf var jnews_module_21411082_0_6acf67ce132fa = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21411082","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"3321,74,4346,2647,34","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","google_desktop":"auto","google_tab":"auto","google_phone":