Seven Ships Targeted In Strait Of Hormuz In Five Days, Fars Reports
Iran-linked Fars News Agency says seven commercial vessels have been targeted in the Strait of Hormuz over five days, including two oil tankers.
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Iran-linked Fars News Agency has published new figures on attacks against commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, reporting that seven ships have been targeted over five days and claiming that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has targeted more than one vessel per day.
Fars published the figures on Saturday morning, citing information from MarineTraffic, a website that monitors maritime movements.
According to the report, two oil tankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, Oct. 2.
MarineTraffic, citing British maritime reports, said that in addition to the two oil tankers targeted on Oct. 2, two Kuwaiti oil tankers and three Emirati oil tankers had been targeted during the preceding four days.
The figures bring the total number of commercial vessels reported by the source as targeted in the Strait of Hormuz over the five-day period to seven.
Fars linked the attacks to warnings previously issued by Hossein Mohebbi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Mohebbi had warned that any vessel intending to pass through the Strait of Hormuz would be considered to be acting defiantly and could either be targeted by Iran’s naval forces or strike a naval mine, according to the report.
The report also linked the developments in the Strait of Hormuz to the broader regional conflict.
Following joint US and Israeli attacks on Tehran and more than 100 other locations in Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz was completely closed by Iran.
This attacks resulted in the death of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, along with a number of Iranian political and military leaders.
The closure dealt a significant blow to global energy markets, with more than 20 million barrels of crude oil normally passing through the Strait of Hormuz each day.
The latest reported attacks on commercial vessels add to the disruption surrounding one of the world’s key maritime energy routes, as vessels continue to face risks while attempting to transit the strategic waterway.