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Three tankers caught fire in Strait of Hormuz after hitting naval mines: Iran's navy

Verified: 19 outlets in 14 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 1 of them from Iran.

📍 Strait of Hormuz, IR·🕐 17h ago·19 outlets

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✓ Verified · 19 outletsin its last 2 days · 25 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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The story so far · 27 reports · · 15 countries · 19 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Nov 12, 8:07 AM UTC

1 outlet from Iran, where the story is: Tehran Times · how we count

  1. Nov 11, 8:21 PM UTCFirst report
    Iran's military reports explosions on two oil tankersperthnow.com.au ↗
  2. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 8:07 AM UTC · +12 h
  3. Nov 12, 5:42 PM UTC+21 h
    Iran: Four Tankers Struck by Explosions in Strait of Hormuzenglish.aawsat.com ↗
  4. Nov 12, 6:51 PM UTC+23 h
    Four Oil Tankers Struck by Hormuz Explosionsmarinelink.com ↗
  5. Nov 15, 12:31 AM UTC+3 d
    Three tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Hormuznst.com.my (again) ↗
  6. Nov 15, 1:00 AM UTC+3 d· you’re reading this
    Three tankers caught fire in Strait of Hormuz after hitting naval mines: Iran's navyhindustantimes.com ↗
  7. Nov 15, 3:56 AM UTC+3 d
    Two oil tankers hit mines attempting to pass Strait of Hormuz — IRGCtass.com ↗
  8. Nov 15, 5:53 PM UTC+4 d
    Two tankers explode after hitting naval mines south of Strait of Hormuztehrantimes.com ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 says two tankers caught fire while Report 1 says three, so it conflicts on the count, while Reports 3 and 4 match Report 1 on the same Hormuz mine incident.

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Reliability
97%

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