Iran Says Supertanker Struck by Mines in Strait of Hormuz
The IRGC warned ships using unauthorized routes would face the same fate as the unidentified tanker, which it said caught fire and stopped.
- On Monday, an unidentified supertanker caught fire after striking two sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
- This incident challenges recent assertions by President Donald Trump that his administration had cleared the waterway of mines; Trump warned last week that any ship planting new mines would be "destroyed."
- U.S. forces struck rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first military action in weeks, while the Hormuz Strait Monitor reported only 8.3% of normal daily volume transiting the waterway.
- The IRGC Navy warned that "compliance with the regulations issued by the IRGC Navy for passage through the strait is mandatory," stating violators would face the same fate as the tanker.
- Neither the U.S. claims regarding mine clearance nor the Iranian account could be independently verified, as the ongoing conflict has restricted commercial passage through the waterway for months.
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Another supertanker was hit by two mines while trying to travel along a route in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz. It is not specified who owned the tanker and where it was going. The IRGC Navy once again warns that a similar fate awaits all ships that violate those established by Tehran
"A super-oil tanker who broke the rules and tried to cross the illegal route south of the Strait of Ormuz collided with two naval mines, suffered a fire of great magnitude and was completely immobilized," said the elite military corps, in a statement released by the Iranian media.
A large tanker would have been severely damaged in the Ormuz Strait after hitting two naval mines, according to the Iranian authorities. Tehran claims that the ship was trying to cross a route that it considered illegal and that, as a result of the impact, a strong fire broke out on board.
The supertanker, travelling on the southern route through the Strait of Ormuz, hit two mines on Monday, started a fire on board the ship after they were detonated, reported to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRC). "A few hours ago, a supertanker tried to cross an illegal route through the Strait of Ormuz, hit two sea mines and burned himself completely," IRGC reported on a television channel.
EADaily, August 31, 2026. In the southern part of the Ormuz Strait, a supertanker exploded on mines. This is reported by Fars, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRC) press service.
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