Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday said two "deviant" oil tankers exploded after passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said the ships exploded after they tried to enter and exit the strait through an "unsafe route," according to the state-run Fars News Agency. The outlet added that the tankers were "instigated and forced by the United States" to enter the strait and violate the designated routes through the crucial waterway. Iran had called on the Houthis to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait linking to the Red Sea if the U.S. continued to pummel Iran's electrical infrastructure. Closing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would cut down the world's oil supply by 7 percent and leave most Saudi oil exports unable to exit the Middle East, the outlet reported.