An archive photo taken on May 9, 2015 of Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat, that a source said on July 7, 2026 had sent out distress signals seeking assistance after it was hit on its port side, at an unknown location. Ivan Meshkov/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. VERIFICATION: - Date verified by original file metadata. - Location not verified
Nov 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday while using what they described was an “unauthorized and dangerous route,” state media reported.
No details on the tanker were immediately available.
Iranian media reported on Thursday that four oil tankers were hit by explosions in ?the waterway vital for global shipping, adding that the vessels ?had ignored warnings and entered what it considers restricted areas of the strategic waterway.
Tankers are still facing attacks across the strait, despite a rebound in traffic and expectations of a de-escalation in the US-Israeli war on Iran, that have been reflected in falling oil prices.
At least 10 ships were hit in the first 10 days of November, after 37 attacks in October, which was the highest ?monthly tally ?since the conflict began in late February, according to ?data from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
(Reporting by Yasmine Ghania and Eman Abouhassira; Writing by Emily Giles; Editing by Michael Georgy and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2026.
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