Single source: IRGC Navy says a fourth tanker exploded on a mine and is burning in Strait of Hormuz

Single source · Strait of Hormuz (approximate) · 2026-10-30 13:00 UTC

The IRGC Navy says a fourth oil supertanker exploded after hitting a mine on the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz and is burning; it calls that route unauthorised and says the ship ignored warnings. Tasnim News, Al Jazeera Arabic, Iran in Arabic, ME Observer and an anonymous X account relay the same statement. No independent confirmation or denial was found, and the reported cargo of over two million barrels comes only from the IRGC relay.

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Verification

Single source: 1 independent source.

Details by origin

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Detail	Reported	Reported by	Status
What happened	Naval incident	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	One origin
Place	Strait of Hormuz	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	One origin
Place	Strait of Hormuz, Iran	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	One origin, unverified
Time	30 Oct, about 13:00 UTC	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	One origin, unverified
Time	30 Oct, about 16:00 UTC	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	One origin, unverified
Target	oil tanker	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	One origin
Target	fourth oil supertanker	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	Reports differ
Target	fourth tanker	IRGC (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic)	Reports differ

Sources

ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-30 20:00 UTC
@bonzerbarry (X), 2026-10-30 20:02 UTC
Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-30 20:02 UTC
Iran in Arabic, 2026-10-30 20:11 UTC
Iran in Arabic, 2026-10-30 20:14 UTC
Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), 2026-10-30 20:14 UTC

Changes

2026-10-30 20:02 UTC: Unverified
2026-10-30 20:21 UTC: Unverified to Single source

First reported 2026-10-30 20:00 UTC; last updated 2026-10-30 20:21 UTC.

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