Times of Israel, on Iran, 13 November 2026

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Iran says tanker carrying liquefied gas hit mine, exploded in Hormuz

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Friday, November 13, 2026

Iran says tanker carrying liquefied gas hit mine, exploded in Hormuz

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reports. The type of gas is not specified.

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About this analysis

The Times of Israel reports, in a two-sentence liveblog entry, that Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy said a liquefied gas tanker struck a naval mine and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz, citing state media. It attributes the claim throughout and says plainly what it does not know. Nothing in it misleads.

What it gets right

  • “Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reports.”

    The outlet names who made the claim and where it was reported, and does not state the mine strike as its own fact. The headline keeps the same attribution with "Iran says".

  • “The type of gas is not specified.”

    The outlet states what its source did not say rather than filling the gap, which keeps the reader's uncertainty accurate.

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