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By Maya Wilson
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck three tankers near the Strait of Hormuz because of their “U.S. links,” Al Jazeera reported, publishing footage of a tanker ablaze.
An explainer account of the same Guard statement said the tankers were struck on Sunday for using unauthorized routes in coordination with the U.S. military.
Reuters, reporting today, gave a different and wider account of the tanker incidents. It said Iran has been attacking tankers in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz this month, and that attacks on tankers ramped up sharply in October and have continued at the highest rate since the start of the war, according to figures from international maritime agencies.
On Sunday, Iran said a tanker had hit a mine east of the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. Reuters noted that Iran typically does not acknowledge striking vessels that report being hit.
In its reporting yesterday, Reuters said the Revolutionary Guard’s navy had said two oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines while attempting to pass through an “unauthorized route” in the strait, and a third tanker suffered an explosion and caught fire, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Reuters said it was not able to confirm any of the reported strikes.
Monitors from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said a bulk carrier and military forces were involved in an incident in the Gulf of Oman, approximately 18 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan, with damage unknown, Reuters reported.
The United States struck Iran’s Qeshm island overnight Sunday, according to Iranian state media, Reuters reported. A provincial official told the semi-official Fars news agency the strikes did not impact vital infrastructure or services, Reuters reported.
Iranian state television had suggested explosions heard in southern Iran on Saturday evening, including on Qeshm, were related to Iranian military activities rather than U.S. strikes, Reuters reported. The Tasnim news agency said two missiles had struck Qeshm, Reuters reported.
On Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition said its air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles targeting Riyadh and other regions, accusing Yemen’s Houthis of launching the ballistic missiles, Reuters and the Associated Press reported.
Falling debris damaged an administrative building of Saudi Aramco in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District. The Energy Ministry said the damage was limited and there were no casualties. A Reuters witness saw blown-out windows across several floors of the Aramco Tower, while witnesses who spoke to the AP described damage across multiple floors, some of it heavy.
The AP reported no immediate claim of responsibility on Sunday. The Houthis’ military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, later claimed the group had hit Riyadh’s financial district and other targets, saying it was in response to attacks in recent days on a village and a market in Yemen, which he said left dozens dead or wounded and blamed on Saudi Arabia.
Reuters notes the Houthis have stepped up missile and drone strikes on Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities. Hostilities between the kingdom and the group resumed in July, Reuters notes, and Saudi Arabia has responded with airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
On Monday, Saudi civil defence raised an alert in Riyadh and then said the danger had passed, Reuters reported.
President Trump is meeting Qatar’s prime minister today, Reuters reported. Qatar is the mediator in the Iran war.
Iran has put forward a two-day proposal developed with Qatari mediators that Washington is examining, Al Jazeera reported.
Reuters reports no imminent deal is seen to end the war, now more than eight months on from the conflict launched alongside Israel on February 28.
— Maya Wilson, World Desk, The Library Media
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