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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed and that no unauthorised vessels transited overnight, a statement reported by Reuters. The official did not say who destroyed the aids. Press TV reported that the Iranian Navy said a tanker caught fire after striking a mine in the strait on Sunday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran's proposal to reopen the strait within two days remains the most logical plan for restoring security to the waterway and the Persian Gulf, according to IRNA. On Monday Baghaei defended a proposal to restart peace talks within as few as two days, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called some of Iran's conditions outrageous and ridiculous. Iran's conditions include lifting US sanctions and the naval blockade before negotiations begin and ending the war on all fronts. The report does not say how either proposal would be implemented.