Qeshm2 US projectiles hit the island Friday night.
UK Maritime Trade Operations logged at least 11 ships attacked near Hormuz in a week, 3 sunk.
Iran’s navy said a tanker running without its transponder hit a mine and caught fire in the eastern strait.
Washington says the mines were cleared.
Polymarket traders give a US-Iran Hormuz agreement by 31 December a 36% chance.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 40+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- reports the UKMTO tally of 11 ships attacked, three sunk, and an 88-strike count that most attacks go unreported
- Middle East Eye
- reports the tanker's own navigation shutdown and Iran's warning to ships crossing without permission, via IRIB
- Mehr News Agency
- relays the Iranian Army Navy's warning that vessels entering restricted waters 'could meet the same fate' as the burning tanker
Sources: Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera Online, Mehr News Agency