Iran Says It Struck Tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Ship Attacks Intensify
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a tanker attempting to use an “illegal route” through the Strait of Hormuz, as attacks on commercial shipping intensified in the waterway.
In a statement carried by Iran’s state news agency IRNA, the Guards identified the vessel as the LPG carrier NV Sunshine and said Iranian forces had “taken control of the administration of the strait.” The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations separately reported that an outbound tanker was hit on its port side by an unknown projectile, causing a fire. UKMTO said the crew was safe, while the extent of damage and any environmental impact remained unclear.
Iranian accounts also said a crude-oil supertanker struck a naval mine and suffered a major explosion after allegedly taking an unauthorised route and disabling its navigation and identification systems. The vessel was not identified.
The attacks followed strikes Sunday on two merchant ships carrying Indian crew members. India said the Nicaragua-flagged MT Petro Dolphin was hit by a drone, leaving two Indian sailors missing; nine other Indians and one Bangladeshi national were rescued. A projectile struck the Marshall Islands-flagged MT Valthera, but all 11 Indian crew members were reported safe.
India condemned the attacks and called for de-escalation, freedom of navigation and an end to strikes on commercial vessels and seafarers. Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval later spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Mohsen Rezaei, though Iran’s account did not say whether the incidents were discussed.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the unsupported speculation that the unidentified mine incident may have been the same as the LPG carrier strike. - "and it was unclear whether that report referred to the same incident": The sources do not say the mine report may have referred to the same incident, and the sourced descriptions identify different vessel types.
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Iran Says It Struck Tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Ship Attacks Intensify
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a tanker attempting to use an “illegal route” through the Strait of Hormuz, as attacks on commercial shipping intensified in the waterway.
In a statement carried by Iran’s state news agency IRNA, the Guards identified the vessel as the LPG carrier NV Sunshine and said Iranian forces had “taken control of the administration of the strait.” The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations separately reported that an outbound tanker was hit on its port side by an unknown projectile, causing a fire. UKMTO said the crew was safe, while the extent of damage and any environmental impact remained unclear.
Iranian accounts also said a crude-oil supertanker struck a naval mine and suffered a major explosion after allegedly taking an unauthorised route and disabling its navigation and identification systems. The vessel was not identified, and it was unclear whether that report referred to the same incident.identified.
The attacks followed strikes Sunday on two merchant ships carrying Indian crew members. India said the Nicaragua-flagged MT Petro Dolphin was hit by a drone, leaving two Indian sailors missing; nine other Indians and one Bangladeshi national were rescued. A projectile struck the Marshall Islands-flagged MT Valthera, but all 11 Indian crew members were reported safe.
India condemned the attacks and called for de-escalation, freedom of navigation and an end to strikes on commercial vessels and seafarers. Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval later spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Mohsen Rezaei, though Iran’s account did not say whether the incidents were discussed.
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