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Iran's Army spokesperson Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States accepts Tehran's conditions, IRNA reported. He said the Armed Forces control the waterway. The statement comes as mediators, including Qatar, work to prevent a resumption of fighting after months of deadlock in the conflict that began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February. Press TV reported, citing the IRGC, that two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after entering restricted waters without coordination with Iranian authorities. IRNA separately reported, citing the Iranian Army's Navy, that a tanker caught fire after hitting a sea mine east of the strait while sailing through a prohibited zone. The two accounts differ on the cause of the fire, and neither was independently confirmed in the sources provided.