{"id":2930,"date":"2026-10-19T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:03:45","slug":"oil-tanker-catches-fire-after-striking-mine-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2930","title":{"rendered":"Oil tanker catches fire after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>An oil tanker caught fire after striking a naval mine in the southern Strait of Hormuz while attempting to leave the strategic waterway, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said late Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The explosion hit the vessel\u2019s engine room as it attempted to navigate what Tehran considers an unauthorised southern route, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported, citing an IRGC Navy statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the tanker had switched off its positioning and navigation systems from the beginning of its voyage and violated maritime regulations governing passage through the strait.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC Navy warned that vessels operating in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf with their navigation and identification systems switched off would face a firm response.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not identify the tanker or disclose whether there were any casualties or the extent of the damage.<\/p>\n<p>The incident follows two similar reports of tankers striking naval mines in the strategic waterway in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the IRGC Navy said a second supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil had struck a naval mine and caught fire while attempting to cross the strait via an unauthorised route.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, the Iranian force reported that another tanker had hit a mine, triggering an explosion and fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An oil tanker caught fire after striking a naval mine in the southern Strait of Hormuz while attempting to leave the strategic waterway, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said late Sunday. The explosion hit the vessel\u2019s engine room as it attempted to navigate what Tehran considers an unauthorised southern route, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported, citing an IRGC Navy statement. According to the statement, the tanker had switched off its positioning and navigation systems from the beginning of its voyage and violated maritime regulations governing passage through&hellip;<\/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-2930","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\/2930","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=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}