An oil tanker carrying 750,000 barrels of oil struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's IRGC Navy said.
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An oil tanker carrying 750,000 barrels of oil struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, the press service of the Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, according to FinFly.
"The tanker with 750,000 barrels of oil on board ignored IRGC Navy warnings and attempted to pass through a prohibited route. As a result, the vessel struck a naval mine. An explosion occurred, after which a major fire broke out," the statement said.
An oil tanker carrying 750,000 barrels of oil struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
No official information on further actions or consequences has been received yet.
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2 min →Zeyni Jafarov. “Tanker Carrying 750,000 Barrels of Oil Hits Mine in Strait of Hormuz”. FinFly.news, October 12, 2026. URL: https://finfly.news/en/economy/tanker-750000-barrels-oil-mine-strait-of-hormuz
