TehranIran says 2 tankers burned on its banned Hormuz route, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
The Guards’ navy warns any ship using the route with US cover will meet the same fate.
The Guards’ navy says a supertanker hit a mine and a second tanker, escorted by US fighter jets, was abandoned burning.
Polymarket traders give a US-Iran Hormuz agreement by 31 December 34% odds, down 5 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
These outlets told this story differently.
- TASS
- relays the IRGC's claim that the ships were tracked by US fighter escort and dark, framing the route as unauthorized
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- quotes the IRGC's "aggressor" framing and its warning to ships cooperating with US forces, without independent confirmation
- Mehr News Agency
- repeats the IRGC account nearly verbatim, adding its own "aggressor US military" language and the warning to escorted vessels
Sources: Middle East Eye, TASS, Mehr News Agency