TehranA 4th Hormuz tanker burns, Iranian state news agency Mehr reported.
It carried over 2 million barrels, with Brent crude at $117.6 as of 30 October.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy says the ship ignored radio warnings, took the unauthorised southern route and struck a naval mine.
Nothing in the report names the ship or its flag, and no other source confirms the fire.
The test is whether tankers keep using the southern route despite the Guards’ warnings.
How each outlet framed it
- Mehr News Agency leans critical
- relays the IRGC's account that the tanker hit a naval mine after ignoring warnings on the 'unauthorized southern route', with no independent confirmation
Sources: Mehr News Agency