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Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority said two bulk carriers used forged documents to sail without authorization in the Strait of Hormuz, and both avoided blacklisting after accepting its commitments. Press TV presented the action as legal enforcement against vessels that bypassed Iran's permitting rules, but did not give details of the documents or the ships' flags. The IRGC Navy later announced the explosion of two defiant oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRNA. That report did not describe the cause of the blasts or name the vessels, and no other outlet's account was available for comparison. The two developments both concern the strait's shipping and Iran's enforcement of its rules there.