{"id":7493,"date":"2026-11-02T19:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=7493"},"modified":"2026-11-02T19:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:12:53","slug":"11-tankers-caught-fire-in-hormuz-in-9-days-irgc-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/11-tankers-caught-fire-in-hormuz-in-9-days-irgc-navy\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Tankers Caught Fire in Hormuz in 9 Days: IRGC Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"lead text-justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy reported that 11 oil tankers have caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz over a nine-day period since October 25.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tehran-IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"story\" data-readmoretitle=\"Read more\">\n<p>In a post on its X account on Monday, the IRGC Navy said, \u201cIn just 9 days, from October 25 (the date of CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper&#8217;s demonstrative visit to the Strait of Hormuz) until today, 11 different oil tankers have caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with some sinking to the depths of the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post came amid heightened tensions over the status of the Strait of Hormuz and Washington\u2019s claims that the vital maritime passage remains open.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, IRGC Spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi had mocked Cooper\u2019s visit, sharing an image of the US commander flying over the strait alongside a burning oil tanker and a Brent crude price of $117 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC Navy has asserted control over the waterway and warned vessels against using unauthorized routes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy reported that 11 oil tankers have caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz over a nine-day period since October 25. Tehran-IranView24 In a post on its X account on Monday, the IRGC Navy said, \u201cIn just 9 days, from October 25 (the date of CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,41,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political","category-defense-and-security","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7496,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7493\/revisions\/7496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}