IRGC: Third oil tanker hits mine and explodes in Strait of Hormuz today
According to the IRGC, the supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil is still burning at the entrance to the strait.
The Baku NEWS·30 October 2026 at 16:41 (Baku time)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said a supertanker sailing along an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz exploded an hour earlier after hitting a sea mine.
According to the Public Relations Department of the Corps' Navy, it is the third oil tanker today to suffer an explosion and fire for passing through an unauthorised route.
The tanker, loaded with more than 2 million barrels of oil, was left at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz and is still burning, the statement said.
