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Three tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Hormuz

Verified: 18 outlets in 11 countries have reported this story since Nov 11.

📍 Strait of Hormuz, IR·🕐 22m ago·18 outlets

DUBAI: Iran’s navy said three oil tankers caught fire on Saturday after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported.

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✓ Verified · 18 outletsin its last 2 days · 21 since Nov 11

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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New Straits Times· National ↗Investing.com News· Specialist ↗The Straits Times· National ↗CNA (Channel NewsAsia)· International ↗The National· National ↗Asharq Al-Awsat· International ↗gCaptain· Specialist ↗The Independent· National ↗

The story so far · 24 reports · · 12 countries · 18 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Nov 12, 8:07 AM UTC

Nov 11, 8:21 PM UTCFirst report
Iran's military reports explosions on two oil tankers perthnow.com.au ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 8:07 AM UTC · +12 h
Nov 12, 5:42 PM UTC+21 h
Iran: Four Tankers Struck by Explosions in Strait of Hormuz english.aawsat.com ↗
Nov 12, 6:51 PM UTC+23 h
Four Oil Tankers Struck by Hormuz Explosions marinelink.com ↗
Nov 14, 5:32 PM UTC+3 d
Oil Tanker On Fire After Hitting Mine In Hormuz gcaptain.com (again) ↗
Nov 14, 11:29 PM UTC+3 d
Iran's navy says three tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz straitstimes.com (again) ↗
Nov 14, 11:31 PM UTC+3 d
Iran’s navy says three tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz investing.com (again) ↗
Nov 15, 12:31 AM UTC+3 d· you’re reading this
Three tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Hormuznst.com.my (again) ↗

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PolitiFact· rated it Mostly False· Nov 11
Is more oil going through Hormuz than before the Iran war, as Byron Donalds said? No. ↗
The claim it checked: “There’s more oil going through the Strait (of Hormuz) today than there was pre-war.”

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cross checkwarning60%

[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 says two tankers, and Report 4 says one, while Reports 1 and 3 say three, so those counts conflict with Report 1's figure for the same incident.

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97%

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