IRGC Reports Tanker and Tug Fires in Hormuz and Says It Landed Drones

In statement No. 21, published on the morning of Thursday, November 5, 2026 (14 Aban 1405), the public relations office of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that overnight, in two separate incidents, a large tanker trying to cross the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after hitting a mine and stopped. It said another supertanker in the eastern part of the strait was halted by a large fire, and a tug that approached to fight the blaze also caught fire.

The IRGC says its navy's electronic-warfare unit took control of two Lucas drones and landed them intact. This is the IRGC's official account; the ships' names and flags and the extent of damage were not independently confirmed in the sources reviewed. The new statement concerns incidents separate from those reported in previous days in this waterway.