TehranIran’s Revolutionary Guard says 7 tankers were hit overnight.
Strait traffic averaged 3.7 ships a day to 18 October, 10% below normal.
It says 4 tankers burned during ship-to-ship oil transfers in the northern Gulf and 3 struck mines west of the strait.
Polymarket traders give a US-Iran Hormuz agreement by 2 November a 10% chance, down 4 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- Mehr News Agency leans favorable
- presents the strikes as IRGC enforcement against vessels that used an 'illegal route' after US deception, framing the tankers as violators
- Middle East Monitor
- reports the mines as IRGC-planted and quotes the claim that one tanker carrying 2 million barrels had switched off its radar and navigation
Sources: Mehr News Agency, Middle East Monitor