Iran said on October 30 2026 that four tankers caught fire after hitting mines in and east of the Strait of Hormuz on October 29, three of them on what the IRGC called an unauthorised southern route near Oman, disputing US Central Command's statement that all mines on the primary transit routes had been cleared. No independent maritime monitor had confirmed the cause. Daily passages remain in single digits against about 125 large vessels a day before the war.