Strait of HormuzAt least 2 Indian crew are missing after 6 ships were hit, India says.
Six hits is the war’s most in a day, and Brent closed at $105.6 on 12 October.
A US jet disabled an Iran-linked tanker that officials say tried to run the blockade, and ships were hit across the strait.
The Revolutionary Guards say a 750,000-barrel tanker struck a mine on an unauthorized route.
Abu Dhabi’s state oil company has not confirmed the Guards’ claim that a hit supertanker was its own.
How each outlet framed it
- Al-Monitor leans critical
- centres the attack wave on a VLCC the IRGC says belongs to ADNOC, and the at least two missing Indian crew
- TASS leans critical
- relays the IRGC's claim that the supertanker had its navigation off and warns vessels against cooperating with US forces
- Mehr News Agency leans critical
- attributes the fire to a naval mine on a shuttle tanker carrying 750,000 barrels after an 'unauthorized route'
Sources: Al-Monitor, TASS, Mehr News Agency