CENTCOM Challenges IRGC Tanker Mine Claim Amid Rising Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz


This story, titled "Iran war live: CENTCOM disputes IRGC claim supertanker struck by Hormuz nav" First published on Al Jazeera English and was retrieved from its original source on September 15, 2026.
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A sailor handles munitions on the flight deck of the USS George Washington in the Arabian Sea, September 13, 2026. [Ed Ou/Reuters] CENTCOM disputes the IRGC claim that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, stating instead that the vessel was hit by an Iranian missile last month and struck again by a drone this weekend while sitting in waters off the coast of Oman.
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