Corroborated: Iranian Navy says oil tanker caught fire after striking mines east of Strait of Hormuz

Corroborated · Strait of Hormuz (approximate) · 2026-10-31 11:00 UTC

Iranian naval statements say an oil tanker struck naval mines in a restricted area east of the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire on Saturday afternoon, after ignoring warnings. The IRGC Navy, as reported by Anadolu, calls the vessel a supertanker that struck a mine and caught fire. No casualty figures or independent confirmation appear in the claims.

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Verification

Corroborated: 2 independent sources.

Details by origin

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Detail	Reported	Reported by	Status
What happened	Naval incident	Iranian Navy (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic); Iranian Army Navy (via IRNA (English)); IRGC (via Anadolu Agency (Middle East), Anadolu Ajansı)	3 origins listed, counted as 2 independent
Place	Strait of Hormuz	Iranian Navy (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic); Iranian Army Navy (via IRNA (English)); IRGC (via Anadolu Agency (Middle East), Anadolu Ajansı)	3 origins listed, counted as 2 independent
Time	31 Oct, about 11:00 UTC	Iranian Navy (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic); Iranian Army Navy (via IRNA (English))	Reported by 2 independent origins
Target	oil tanker	Iranian Navy (via @bonzerbarry (X), Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), Iran in Arabic); Iranian Army Navy (via IRNA (English))	Reported by 2 independent origins
Target	supertanker	IRGC (via Anadolu Agency (Middle East), Anadolu Ajansı)	One origin

Not corroborated by a second origin: target.

Sources

ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-31 16:54 UTC
Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-31 16:55 UTC
Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), 2026-10-31 17:00 UTC
@bonzerbarry (X), 2026-10-31 17:11 UTC
Iran in Arabic, 2026-10-31 17:15 UTC
IRNA (English), 2026-10-31 19:03 UTC
IRNA (English), 2026-10-31 20:49 UTC
Anadolu Agency (Middle East), 2026-10-31 21:23 UTC
Anadolu Ajansı, 2026-10-31 21:27 UTC

Changes

2026-10-31 21:18 UTC: Unverified
2026-10-31 21:22 UTC: Unverified to Single source
2026-11-01 15:28 UTC: Single source to Corroborated

First reported 2026-10-31 16:54 UTC; last updated 2026-11-01 15:28 UTC.

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