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17 Oct 2026, 13:17

The UK Maritime Trade Operations organization announced that an oil tanker was attacked on Friday evening, October 16, by a small boat with an RPG launcher in the waters northeast of Saudi Arabia. Part of the tanker was damaged in this attack, but all crew members are safe.

According to the organization's warning, the incident occurred at 10:52 PM Tehran time, 78 nautical miles northeast of Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The tanker’s commander reported that the attackers targeted the ship from a small boat with an RPG, resulting in damage to the rear left side of the tanker.
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The public relations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that on Saturday morning, October 25, the second "violating" supertanker caught fire after hitting a naval mine and came to a halt following a massive explosion in the engine room.

The IRGC had released a video on Saturday morning showing the fire on another oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC and the Iranian Army have also published videos in recent days of fires on vessels and oil tankers that, according to these two forces, intended to pass through the "illegal route" of the Strait of Hormuz.
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