TehranIran’s Guards say a mine hit a supertanker in Hormuz.
Brent crude stood at $125.40 on 6 October, up 10.1% in 7 days.
The Guards say the tanker took an unauthorised route and switched off its positioning systems before the blast.
No shipowner, navy or independent source has confirmed the explosion, the ship or any casualties.
Hormuz traffic was already 39% below its 90-day normal on 4 October, at 2.7 ships a day.
How each outlet framed it
These outlets told this story differently.
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- relays IRGC's 'unauthorised route' and navigation-off charge, with Tasnim's warning of a 'terrible fire' as the consequence
- TASS
- The New Arab
- names the LPG carrier NV Sunshine and places the UKMTO-reported strike 13nm off Al Jazeera Al Hamra, separating it from the IRGC account
Sources: Middle East Eye, TASS, The New Arab