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Iran Guards say two oil tankers hit by mines in Hormuz

Verified: 10 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 11.

📍 Strait of Hormuz, IR·🕐 18m ago·10 outlets

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✓ Verified · 10 outletsin its last 2 days · 12 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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Gulf News· National ↗tradearabia.com ↗The Straits Times· National ↗gCaptain· Specialist ↗OilPrice.com· Specialist ↗

The story so far · 9 reports · · 6 countries · 10 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 13, 1:15 AM UTC+29 h
Iran’s IRGC Claims Tanker Explosion In Hormuz Strait eurasiareview.com ↗
Nov 13, 7:12 AM UTC+35 h
Iran says tanker carrying LNG hit mine, suffered explosion in Hormuz straitstimes.com ↗
Nov 13, 7:28 AM UTC+35 h
Iran says four oil tankers hit by explosions in Strait of Hormuz tradearabia.com ↗
Nov 13, 12:54 PM UTC+41 h
Iran Says Gas Tanker Hit Mine in Strait of Hormuz oilprice.com ↗
Nov 13, 3:58 PM UTC+44 h
Iran Says Tanker Carrying LNG Hit Mine, Suffered Explosion in Hormuz gcaptain.com ↗
Nov 14, 4:24 AM UTC+2 d· you’re reading this
Iran Guards say two oil tankers hit by mines in Hormuzgulfnews.com ↗

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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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[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2 and 4 describe the same LNG tanker mine strike in Hormuz, while Report 3 says four oil tankers were hit, which conflicts with Report 1's two oil tankers.

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94%

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