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Iran claims two tankers struck mines and U.S. drone shot down in Strait of Hormuz

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id f8ce8186-7b5c-43a1-bbf3-cec2a2115544.

Where
Strait of Hormuzresolved to locality27.068, 56.464
When
Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-18 · last update 2026-10-21
Sourcing
22 reports22 reports across 21 outlets · independence not established
How far this got
localizednamed facility unresolvedRadar coverage

Summary

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims two oil tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz and that a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down, bringing the claimed total of disabled tankers to four since Friday. The IRGC states the vessels were using unauthorized routes when mines detonated, causing fires. A U.S. official denied the drone claim. The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center and shipping registries have not confirmed these incidents. The International Maritime Organization has warned that sea mines remain present in the traffic separation scheme, posing a serious threat to vessels transiting the waterway.

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What remains unresolved

  • named facility unresolved

Timeline

34 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

  • 2026-10-21member countour measurement21 → 22reports joined

17 more change(s) — the values are part of the event detail on paid plans. 16 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

22 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

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213 related event(s) and 2 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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