IRGC Claims Second Supertanker Mine Strike in Hormuz
The IRGC said the vessel’s engine room was hit and it lost propulsion as British monitors reported the busiest week of attacks since the war began.
- On Saturday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed two fully laden supertankers struck naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz within less than 24 hours, alleging the vessels used "unauthorized" routes.
- Since February, Tehran has demanded ships seek authorization to transit the waterway, and UK Maritime Trade Operations reported at least 10 vessels were attacked in the seven days through Saturday, the highest weekly toll since the war began.
- U.S. Central Command has not confirmed the recent incidents as of Saturday night, while the United States military stated the container ship GFS Pride sank Thursday after being hit by a projectile, not a mine as Tehran claimed.
- Separately, maritime monitors reported two tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's eastern coast in the past day, near Jubail, where incidents sit at the junction of the Iran war and Houthi escalation threatening regional oil infrastructure.
- Markets have largely discounted the recent escalation as traders await vessel identification, while President Donald Trump stated the war will end "very soon" after the November 3 midterm elections, predicting oil would "drop like a rock" when it does.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that two oil tankers, each carrying about two million barrels of crude oil, were engulfed in flames after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The first tanker hit a mine, causing an explosion and a "powerful fire," the IRGC said on Saturday, while the second tanker hit a mine that engulfed it "in a massive fire," the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, reported. Information about…
Supertanker with 2 million barrels of oil caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz
Supertanker with 2 million barrels of oil caught fire in the Strait of HormuzThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported that he had hit a mine. Due to a massive explosion, the ship was engulfed in a large-scale fire. Earlier, the Iranian...
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that two oil tankers, each carrying about two million barrels of crude oil, caught fire on Saturday (17) after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Ormuz. The first oil tanker crashed into the mine and caused an explosion, which resulted in a "violent fire", according to the IRGC. The second was described as "fired in high proportions" after the impact of the IRNA, Iran's state news agency. …
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