Iran says three tankers are ablaze after hitting mines in Hormuz, HOURS after a US admiral declared the mines cleared
Donald Trump, JD Vance and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office in July. Trump has denied that a letter Vance sent to Iran's top security official was intended to revive peace negotiations, insisting it concerned…
Iran says three oil vessels, including a supertanker, struck mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, directly contradicting a US military announcement that the waterway had been fully cleared. The fires broke out roughly eight hours after CENTCOM Admiral Brad Cooper declared Iran's navy sunk and Hormuz mines neutralised, with tanker traffic resuming. The incident threatens to reignite the global oil-supply crisis that the US-Iran ceasefire was meant to end.
Saudi Arabia shot down a Houthi drone near Mecca in the same hours, signalling the wider regional confrontation is far from over.
At least one vessel was reportedly struck by limpet mines, suggesting a deliberate attack rather than drifting ordnance.
Admiral Cooper's 'mission accomplished' declaration, made hours before the blasts, now faces intense scrutiny over whether Hormuz was ever truly secure.
