World · 2026-10-30 · Afternoon briefing
Tankers on fire in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran-US peace talks
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reported on Friday that two oil tankers were on fire and had been stopped in the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement coincided with the arrival of Qatari mediators in Tehran for a new round of talks aimed at ending the war between Iran and the United States, which began in February 2026.
The report follows several other maritime incidents in the critical waterway. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations detailed a separate attack on Thursday, where a small boat attached two limpet mines to the hull of the tanker Louise 1, causing a fire. It was the first reported successful use of such mines in the strait since the war began. Separately, the Royal Navy of Oman evacuated 25 crew members from a burning Panama-flagged vessel on Friday.
These events add to claims from the Guard on Thursday that three other tankers had struck naval mines. According to Agence France-Presse, Iranian officials asserted that all vessels involved had been operating in prohibited and unsafe areas.
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