{"id":2760,"date":"2026-10-15T21:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:03:44","slug":"irans-military-says-oil-tanker-on-fire-in-gulf-of-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2760","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s military says oil tanker on fire in Gulf of Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran\u2019s military on Thursday said an oil tanker had caught fire in the Gulf of Oman as it was attempting to pass through an area deemed prohibited, according to state television.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA few hours ago\u2026 surveillance teams of the army\u2019s navy identified a non-compliant oil tanker that had caught fire,\u201d state television cited a military statement as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offending tanker had switched off its tracking systems and was attempting to pass through the prohibited zone,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what caused the fire or who was responsible.<\/p>\n

US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations in the region and is enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports, did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards announced the boundaries of the prohibited zone in September, after security chief Mohsen Rezaei proposed the measure.<\/p>\n

In an interview with state television at the time, Guards spokesman Hossein Mohebi said the zone would cover \u201cpart of the Sea of Oman and another part of the Arabian Sea, along the route that can lead to the Strait of Hormuz\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tehran had said non-compliant vessels in the zone would face sanctions, without explicitly threatening military action against them.<\/p>\n

Iranian naval forces have repeatedly targeted vessels they accused of using unauthorised routes through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has declared closed since the outbreak of war with the US in February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s military on Thursday said an oil tanker had caught fire in the Gulf of Oman as it was attempting to pass through an area deemed prohibited, according to state television. \u201cA few hours ago\u2026 surveillance teams of the army\u2019s navy identified a non-compliant oil tanker that had caught fire,\u201d state television cited a military statement as saying. \u201cThe offending tanker had switched off its tracking systems and was attempting to pass through the prohibited zone,\u201d it added. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire or who was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}