Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced that two oil tankers, including one supertanker left engulfed in flames, exploded after hitting mines on an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz on November 1, 2026. The strikes mark an escalation in ongoing shipping disruptions linked to the US-Iran conflict that began in February 2026. Qatar condemned a separate Friday attack on its gas tanker Al-Mayeda as a dangerous threat to global energy security, while reserving rights under international law to protect its maritime assets.
Iranian accounts of November 1 tanker explosions
- ▪The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy stated that two oil tankers exploded on November 1, 2026 after hitting Iranian mines while traveling through an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz
- ▪The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy stated that one of the oil tankers that exploded in the Strait of Hormuz on November 1, 2026 was a supertanker that caught fire following the blast
- ▪The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy accused two oil tankers involved in the November 1, 2026 mine explosion incident in the Strait of Hormuz of attempting covert passage with support from the US military
UK maritime reports of tanker attacks
- ▪The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a tanker traveling 72 nautical miles east of Ras al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia, was struck by two unidentified projectiles on November 2, 2026
- ▪The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that an oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile
US unmanned vessel
- ▪The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy stated that it destroyed a US unmanned vessel in the eastern Strait of Hormuz on October 30, 2026
- ▪The United States military provided no immediate confirmation regarding Iran's October 30, 2026 statement that it destroyed an American unmanned vessel in the eastern Strait of Hormuz
Attack on Qatari gas carrier and official response
- ▪Qatar condemned the October 30, 2026 attack on its gas tanker Al-Mayeda as a dangerous escalation that threatens global energy security and maritime navigation
- ▪Qatar Gas Transport Company confirmed that the liquefied natural gas carrier Al-Mayeda remained operational in safe condition following the October 30, 2026 attack with unidentified objects
- ▪The Qatari liquefied natural gas carrier Al-Mayeda, belonging to Qatar Gas Transport Company, was attacked by unidentified objects in Gulf waters on October 30, 2026
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