Political Guyentist
← Back to issue
BoardScroll
Ongoing32 earlier updates83 days

This story has run 33 times over 83 days, starting Jul 23.

  1. Trump Threatens to Bomb Iranian Bridges and Power Plants for Every Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz
  2. Iran fires multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. base in Jordan; all are intercepted
  3. Iran denies Trump’s claim that new U.S. talks would start Monday
  4. Cargo ship is struck in the Strait of Hormuz
  5. Vance says the Iran talks are moving, then calls the war only half over
  6. Iran won't reopen Hormuz until the US unfreezes its assets and lifts the blockade
  7. Trump threatens to bomb Oman, the U.S. ally brokering the deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
  8. Trump declares an "economic D-Day" on Iran as Hormuz traffic runs 85% below normal
  9. UpdateU.S. goes nearly a month without large Iran strikes as Trump shifts back to sanctions; Hormuz remains closed
  10. U.S. destroys two Iranian rocket launchers loaded to mine the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at bases in Jordan, all intercepted
  11. UpdateU.S. bombs two Iranian rocket sites near the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at Jordan
  12. UpdateU.S. forces struck IRGC air-defense, radar, maritime and mine-laying sites on Iran's southern coast starting at noon on Sept. 1
  13. UpdateU.S. hits about 100 Iranian targets; Iran fires back at American bases in four countries, and a cruise missile kills 4 at a wedding
  14. Reuters weapons experts say a US munition made a direct hit on the Iranian wedding house that killed 5
  15. US destroys or disables 3 Iranian oil tankers after Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US carrier and destroyer
  16. UpdateIran says it hit an unmanned US vessel a day after the tanker strikes; Central Command calls the claim "a total lie"
  17. UpdateIran says it will declare a restricted zone near the Strait of Hormuz and will strike threats "even before" they are carried out
  18. Iran says it seized a US sea drone in Hormuz; CENTCOM says it malfunctioned a day earlier
  19. UpdateIran fires 20 missiles at a US base in Jordan; Jordan says it intercepted 18
  20. UpdateNavy plans to keep 2 carrier groups near Iran at least through 2026
  21. UpdateUnidentified projectile hits Iranian container ship off Hengam Island, killing 1 and wounding 4
  22. UpdateOil's chokepoint shifts to refineries and tankers as JPMorgan drops its baseline oil forecast
  23. UpdateTrump says he is choosing among wiping Iran out, letting it rot economically, or a deal, and would "probably" meet Pezeshkian at the UN this week
  24. UpdateIran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its naval blockade as traffic falls to two ships
  25. Iran proposes seven-day ceasefire plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz and revive nuclear talks
  26. UpdateTrump rejects Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for ending the U.S. blockade
  27. Trump expects more Iran talks this week after rejecting Iran's Hormuz offer; Iran won't soften its terms
  28. UpdateIran says its UN delegation has no talks planned with the US and will fly home Tuesday, Sept. 29; mediators keep working
  29. UpdateQatari compromise to end the U.S.-Iran war stalls; Trump denies aides' account that he offered Iran sanctions relief
  30. Rubio orders Iran's UN delegation out of New York; Trump says Iran will "sign a very fair deal, or they won't exist any longer"
  31. UpdateCRS: 81 U.S. aircraft and drones lost or damaged in Iran war, up from 42 in May
  32. Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, calls the U.S. reply to Tehran's plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz insufficient and says Iran has stopped responding
  33. UpdateIran targeted 24 ships in the Strait of Hormuz in two weeks, its most since the war began, by the FT's count — this issue
FINANCIAL TIMESUpdate

Iran targeted 24 ships in the Strait of Hormuz in two weeks, its most since the war began, by the FT's count

Iran war
Political Guyentist · October 14, 20262 min read

FINANCIAL TIMES

Britain's UKMTO shipping office counted six vessels attacked on Sunday, Oct. 11 alone; the previous two-week high was 13 ships, in early March.

Iran attacked 24 tankers and other vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz in the two weeks to Sunday, Oct. 11, by the Financial Times' count from UKMTO and European security reports, the worst stretch since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began Feb. 28 (the next worst, early March, had 13). Iran's army also announced it has deployed units east of the strait, in the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman, the open water ships enter after leaving the Gulf.

Sunday, Oct. 11. UKMTO counted six vessels attacked. The Joint Maritime Information Center's report that day details three tankers hit; a fourth ship, the Ocean Molica, was struck by U.S. forces, not Iran.

Still open. The FT has not published a ship-by-ship list, so how many of the 24 were damaged, disabled or lost crew is not yet known.

Catch upwhat happened before · 32 earlier issues
  • Sept. 14 — An unidentified projectile hit an Iranian container ship off Hengam Island, killing one; Trump wouldn't say whether the U.S. fired it.
  • Sept. 20 — A hit on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline and a supertanker shortage began squeezing fuel supplies.
  • Sept. 23–27 — Iran offered to reopen Hormuz within a week if the U.S. lifted its naval blockade; Trump rejected it.
  • Sept. 30 — A Qatari compromise stalled; U.S. officials said major combat could resume after the Nov. 3 midterms.
  • Oct. 2 — Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran's UN delegation out of New York.
  • Oct. 8 — Congressional researchers counted 81 U.S. aircraft and drones lost or damaged, up from 42 in May.
  • Oct. 12 — Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei called the U.S. reply insufficient, said Tehran stopped responding, and threatened undersea cables and data centers.
31 earlier issues

What the three confirmed Oct. 11 tanker hits did, per the Joint Maritime Information Center:

What we’re less sure of2 of 7 claims