Iran's IRGC Navy says two tankers 'exploded' after hitting mines in Hormuz
What happened
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy said two oil tankers blew up after hitting mines on a route it called unauthorised in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian state media.
The report came on Sunday, as Iran restricts which ships may pass through the waterway and has attacked vessels it says break those rules.
Separately, the UK Maritime Trade Operations centre said a ship's master sent a Mayday call over VHF Channel 16, reporting that another vessel had been hit by an unknown projectile.
The centre logged that incident at 1509 UTC and urged ships nearby to proceed carefully and report anything suspicious.
The identities and nationalities of the tankers were not immediately established, and it was unclear whether the Iranian claim and the projectile incident are linked, according to Arab Times.
A separate report from IOL cites an earlier Guards statement that four tankers caught fire after striking mines, a figure that differs from the two named here.
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Open on the live globe →Who reported it
- 2026-11-01 20:18 UTCMiddle East Eye · middleeasteye.net ↗
- 2026-11-01 20:45 UTCArab Times · arabtimesonline.com ↗
- 2026-11-04 04:33 UTCIOL · iol.co.za ↗
- 2026-11-04 07:17 UTCBBC · bbc.co.uk ↗
- 2026-11-04 08:43 UTCFrance 24 · france24.com ↗
- 2026-11-04 12:49 UTCHindustan Times · hindustantimes.com ↗
- 2026-11-04 16:44 UTCThe Hindu same text as IOL · thehindu.com ↗
- 2026-11-05 02:03 UTCMyJoyOnline same text as BBC · myjoyonline.com ↗
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