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Tanker catches fire after striking sea mine in Strait of Hormuz — IRGC

Verified: 20 outlets in 14 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 1 of them from Iran.

📍 Strait of Hormuz, IR·🕐 2h ago·20 outlets

According to the statement, the tanker was moving along an unauthorized route with its navigation systems off

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✓ Verified · 20 outletsin its last 2 days · 26 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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This report links 6 of the story's 26 outlets

TASS· News agency · state media ↗New Straits Times· National ↗Investing.com News· Specialist ↗The Straits Times· National ↗en.apa.az ↗Hindustan Times· National ↗

The story so far · 29 reports · · 15 countries · 20 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

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 15, 3:56 AM UTC+3 d
Two oil tankers hit mines attempting to pass Strait of Hormuz — IRGC tass.com ↗
Nov 15, 5:53 PM UTC+4 d
Two tankers explode after hitting naval mines south of Strait of Hormuz tehrantimes.com ↗
Nov 15, 9:05 PM UTC+4 d· you’re reading this
Tanker catches fire after striking sea mine in Strait of Hormuz — IRGCtass.com (again) ↗
Nov 15, 10:19 PM UTC+4 d
Iranian navy says tanker catches fire after striking mine near Strait of Hormuz en.apa.az ↗

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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 checkconfirmed90%

[Claude] Report 1 describes a single tanker hit by a mine per the IRGC, while Reports 2-4 cite Iran's navy saying three tankers were hit; the three-tanker figure is a later or differing account of the same Hor

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Reliability

91%

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