Mehr News reports that a fourth oil tanker traveling on a route it describes as unauthorized explodes in the Strait of Hormuz.

First reported

2026-10-30 23:06 (5 d ago)

Last update

2026-10-31 07:34 (4 d ago)

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9 sources · 11 Reports

Timeline

1. Mehr News (Telegram) official 23:06 · 5 d ago
   Mehr News reports that a fourth oil tanker traveling on a route it describes as unauthorized explodes in the Strait of Hormuz.
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2. IRNA (Telegram) official 23:07 · 5 d ago
   IRNA reports that a fourth oil tanker on what it calls an unauthorized route exploded in the Strait of Hormuz.
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3. Tasnim (AR) partisan 23:11 · 5 d ago
   Iran's IRGC says a fourth oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz while traveling on a route it described as unauthorized.
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4. الميادين (Telegram) partisan 23:19 · 5 d ago
   Iran's IRGC Navy says a fourth giant oil tanker experienced a severe explosion after warnings against crossing the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz.
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5. الميادين (Telegram) partisan 23:20 · 5 d ago
   Iran's IRGC Navy says this is the fourth oil tanker of its kind to catch fire in the Strait of Hormuz today.
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6. Tasnim (Persian, Telegram) partisan 23:23 · 5 d ago
   Tasnim publishes images of a fourth oil tanker that it says exploded on a route it describes as unauthorized in the Strait of Hormuz.
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7. IRNA (EN) official 00:16 · 5 d ago
   Iran's IRGC Navy says a fourth oil tanker caught fire while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz by a route it described as unauthorized.
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8. أخبار جوجل – إيران wire 01:27 · 5 d ago
   Iran says a fourth oil tanker has had an incident in the Strait of Hormuz.
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9. Anadolu Agency (EN) official 03:17 · 5 d ago
   Iran says a fourth tanker hits a mine and catches fire in the Strait of Hormuz; IRGC Navy says it carries over 2 million barrels of crude and ignores warnings against an unauthorized southern route.
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10. Google News – Iran (EN) wire 03:19 · 5 d ago
    Iran says a fourth oil tanker hits a mine and catches fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
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11. IRNA (Telegram) official 07:34 · 4 d ago
    Iran's IRGC says a fourth tanker it described as using an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz exploded.
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