On Tuesday, November 5, the Navy's public relations announced the occurrence of a marine accident in the east of the Strait of Hormuz. According to this report, the oil tanker, which was trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without coordination with the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, caught fire due to a "collision with a mine". This report was published while the United States military's Central Command, CENTCOM, has repeatedly emphasized that the Strait of Hormuz has been cleared of mines and no new mines have been placed there. Centcom considers these security incidents in the Strait of Hormuz to have been caused by "attack missiles".

On Tuesday, November 5, the Navy's public relations announced the occurrence of a marine accident in the east of the Strait of Hormuz. According to this report, the oil tanker, which was trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without coordination with the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, caught fire due to a "collision with a mine". This report was published while the United States military's Central Command, CENTCOM, has repeatedly emphasized that the Strait of Hormuz has been cleared of mines and no new mines have been placed there. Centcom considers these security incidents in the Strait of Hormuz to have been caused by "attack missiles".