Iranian state media on Thursday is citing several more instances of tankers on fire in the Strait of Hormuz and regional waters.
Iran's IRGC military says, "This afternoon, two more offending oil tankers collided with naval mines in the insecure area east of the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire," as cited in IRIB.
Piror incident on Sept. 5, 2026. Image via TasnimEarlier on Thursday, the IRGC announced two prior instances of tankers hitting mines, which happened in the overnight hours while they attempted 'illegal' passage south of the strait.
If accurate, this would bring the number of impacted tankers over the past 24 hours to five:
In a statement published by state broadcaster IRIB, the navy said “ignoring maritime warnings and entering prohibited areas without coordination are reported to be among the reasons for the fires in these two oil tankers”.
The navy has now reported blazes on at least five tankers in total attempting to cross the waterway through “unauthorized routes” in the past 24 hours.
One of these was a smaller tugboat, per some recent regional reports. Some may have been hit earlier in the week but may still be drifting, or on fire. October had seen a record pace of these shipping attacks, with only a slight slowdown observed so
