Al Jazeera reported on 7 November that Iran’s military said the tanker’s tracking device was off when it struck a mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz. The US says mines in the strait have been cleared.
Iran’s military naval force said a tanker caught fire after hitting a mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz, Al Jazeera reported on 7 November. The force said the vessel’s transponder, a device used to transmit its position, was switched off.
The account follows an earlier claim by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that a supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude caught fire after striking a mine on a route Iran called “unauthorised.” That claim was reported on 17 October and concerned an earlier incident.
Al Jazeera’s report did not identify the tanker, give information about casualties or provide independent confirmation of the reported strike. The US says mines in the strait have been cleared.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, a maritime security organization, put weekly transits through the strait approximately 65 percent below pre-conflict levels. Its report counted ships traveling in both directions:
| Direction | Transits |
|---|---|
| Outbound | 170 |
| Inbound | 155 |
Iran’s armed forces say commercial vessels using routes they call “unauthorised” risk hitting naval mines as well as being struck by missiles and drones. Mediators continue to seek to prevent large-scale fighting between the US and Iran.
Speaking to veterans and their families at Arlington National Cemetery on 11 November, President Donald Trump predicted the conflict would end soon.
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