Three tankers struck by unknown projectiles in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says
UKMTO reported three separate projectile strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, with no casualties assessed and no attribution, as Iran said Washington had replied to its seven-day reopening plan.
Unknown projectiles struck three tankers in separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Wednesday.
According to UKMTO, a crude oil tanker was hit on its port side, an inbound tanker was struck in a second incident, and another tanker was hit in a third. No casualty or damage assessments were provided, and the agency did not identify the vessels or the origin of the projectiles.
One of the incidents was a time-late report of a strike on 29 September, issued on Wednesday under UKMTO warning 146-26. The Palestine Chronicle reported that one of the vessels was a liquefied natural gas tanker and that UKMTO classified one strike as an “attack”. UKMTO advised vessels operating in the area to transit with caution.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi said military confrontations take place every day in the Strait and that Iranian forces target vessels attempting to cross without coordination. He did not clarify whether the three incidents were Iranian attacks.
On the diplomatic track, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received Washington’s response to Tehran’s proposed seven-day trust-building plan via Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday, Reuters reported. President Donald Trump had publicly rejected the proposal before Qatar conveyed Washington’s feedback, and said the United States would prevail “one way or the other”.
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