AthensA seafarer died aboard the empty tanker Velos Sapphire.
The strait it was sailing through normally carries one-fifth of global oil.
Owner Velos Tankers said an unidentified projectile hit the port quarter on Thursday as the ship sailed to Bahrain.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say 2 more tankers hit mines Friday after switching off tracking and exiting with US military support.
Polymarket traders give a US-Iran Hormuz agreement by 31 December a 37% chance, up 3 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- presents the mine strikes as Iranian forces' own account, framing shipping peril as conditional on the unresolved US-Israel war on Iran
- Mehr News Agency leans critical
- relays IRGC statement that the strait stays closed until seven conditions are met and blames US CENTCOM for 'humiliating failures'
- The New Arab
- pairs the tanker fires with South Korea's plan to expand its anti-piracy unit toward the strait
Sources: Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera Online, Mehr News Agency, The New Arab