Iran Says Supertanker Struck by Mines in Strait of Hormuz
The IRGC warned ships using unauthorized routes would face the same fate as the unidentified tanker, which it said caught fire and stopped.
- On Monday, an unidentified supertanker caught fire after striking two sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
- This incident challenges recent assertions by President Donald Trump that his administration had cleared the waterway of mines; Trump warned last week that any ship planting new mines would be "destroyed."
- U.S. forces struck rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first military action in weeks, while the Hormuz Strait Monitor reported only 8.3% of normal daily volume transiting the waterway.
- The IRGC Navy warned that "compliance with the regulations issued by the IRGC Navy for passage through the strait is mandatory," stating violators would face the same fate as the tanker.
- Neither the U.S. claims regarding mine clearance nor the Iranian account could be independently verified, as the ongoing conflict has restricted commercial passage through the waterway for months.
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EADaily, August 31, 2026. In the southern part of the Ormuz Strait, a supertanker exploded on mines. This is reported by Fars, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRC) press service.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has claimed that a supertanker collided with two naval mines in the Hormuz Strait. According to the IRGC, the ship caught fire after the collision and it had to be stopped completely. Considering the threat of this mine, the United States attacked the Larak Island of Iran.
A supertanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after colliding with two sea mines
A supertanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after colliding with two sea mines. According to the IRGC, the vessel did not coordinate its passage with the Iranian forces.Earlier, Trump and the head of the Central Command of the US Armed...
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