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A liquefied gas carrier struck a naval mine and exploded in the eastern Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Irna reported on Saturday, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which said the ship ignored repeated warnings and took an unauthorised route. Separately, UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari told the Security Council on Friday that the International Maritime Organisation has confirmed 25 seafarer deaths in 134 maritime incidents across Hormuz and the wider Middle East since the US and Israel began the war on Iran in February.