STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Reporting and analysis related to strait of hormuz.

• Iran's IRGC Claims Supertanker Hit Mine in Strait of Hormuz as Tanker Attacks Hit Highest Level Since March

  An unverified IRGC mine claim, a projectile strike off Saudi Arabia and a UKMTO tally of 12 ships hit in a week deepen the Hormuz shipping crisis as CENTCOM insists the strait is open.

• Treasury Sanctions Baghdad Bank and Iran Shadow Bankers as U.S. Weighs 'Mother of All Bombs' Option

  Operation Economic Outcast hits an Iraqi bank, Iranian exchange houses and a Cuban lender as FinCEN flags abuse of Shi'a religious giving and CNN reports MOAB strike planning.

• Strait of Hormuz: Container Ship GFS Pride Sunk as Iran Escalates Attacks, Ties Oil Push to U.S. Midterms

  Singapore confirms the container ship GFS Pride sank after a projectile strike, a second ship was reported sinking, and Iran's Hormuz campaign hit a wartime high as Trump weighs renewed strikes.

• Iran targets the Gulf's ship-to-ship oil shuttle off Oman as it pushes its own Hormuz route

  An analysis of how the U.S.-monitored tanker shuttle works, what tracking data shows about Iran's campaign against it, and the stakes for Washington.

• US jet disables ship running Iran blockade as Hormuz attacks rise and talks stall

  CENTCOM says four ships disabled and 135 turned back since July as Trump rules out new Iran strikes before the midterms.

• Iran calls U.S. reply on reopening Strait of Hormuz 'insufficient' as tanker attacks continue

  Tehran's security chief says Washington accepted only some of Iran's seven conditions; the Foreign Ministry says a formal reply will go through mediators.