Al-Monitor: Iran hit "more than a dozen" ships. An-Nahar names five Iranian tankers destroyed by US Central Command
Brent passed $100 for the first time since 24 July. Every tally of what was hit at sea comes from a party that was firing or being fired at, and four reports say nobody was hurt.
The barrel is the settled figure. Brent futures crossed $100 on 9 September — $100.19 in the session, $100.61 later in the day, An-Nahar reports from Reuters — the first time since 24 July, Al-Modon says. Al Jazeera prices the whole story in worldwide inflation and never counts a ship.
The ships are not settled.
| The count | Who gave it | How it reaches us |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Iranian crude tankers destroyed on 8 Sep, all five named | US Central Command | An-Nahar attributes it; Haaretz states it flat |
| "more than a dozen" vessels attacked in Hormuz | Iran | Al-Monitor attributes it in the body, asserts it in the headline |
| 2 US ships, 8 tankers and 10 "violating" vessels | the Revolutionary Guard | through the state agency IRNA, in An-Nahar |
| 18 of 20 missiles intercepted, no casualties | Jordan's army | attributed by An-Nahar and by Haaretz |
| Iranian exports down 85% | Arutz Sheva | no source shown in the line we hold |
The Guard's terms. Its spokesman Hossein Mohebbi sets five conditions for ending the war, An-Nahar reports: stop the war, drop the threats, withdraw Israeli forces from Lebanon, end the blockade of Yemen, release $24bn in frozen Iranian assets, and stop interfering with Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities. Marco Rubio, quoted by An-Nahar in Colombia, answers the strikes rather than the terms — Iran, he says, will keep losing tankers.
Not settled. Who struck the Panama-flagged New Andros in Iraqi waters: Iraq's oil ministry says an unknown source, the Jerusalem Post and Shargh say a drone, and none of the three names who flew it. No report we hold confirms anything hit at sea from outside the militaries involved. Four reports say nobody was hurt; none names a person killed or injured.
What this is about: the United States and Iran are at war. Much of the fighting is now at sea, over who controls the Strait of Hormuz, and it is pushing up the price of oil worldwide.
How it got here - The US and Iran have been adversaries since Iran's 1979 revolution. A 2015 nuclear deal limited Iran's nuclear work in exchange for lifting sanctions. The US left the deal in 2018 and put the sanctions back. - Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 were followed by the war in Gaza. Israel and Iran then struck each other directly in 2024. In June 2025 Israel attacked Iran's nuclear and military sites, and the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. - The war between the US and Iran began on 28 February 2026, An-Nahar reports. None of the reports we hold explains what set it off. - Since then Iran has required ships to get its permission to cross the strait. The US has answered with a blockade of Iranian ports, An-Nahar reports. Each side now hits the other's ships.
Who is involved, and why - The Revolutionary Guard: Iran's elite military force. It answers to the Supreme Leader and runs Iran's naval operations in the Gulf. - US Central Command: the US military command for the Middle East. - Jordan: a US ally that hosts US aircraft. Iran fires at Jordan and says it is targeting US bases there. - Iraq: exports its oil from Basra, so it needs the strait open. - The Houthis: an armed group in Yemen allied with Iran. An-Nahar reports that they set Saudi oil facilities on fire this week. - Israel: its forces are in Lebanon. The Guard lists their withdrawal among its terms for ending the war.
What is at stake - Before the war, about a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied gas exports passed through the strait, An-Nahar reports. - Brent crude has risen about 25% since early August, An-Nahar reports. It also reports that the International Energy Agency expects world supply to fall by 4.3 million barrels a day this year. - Dearer oil raises prices everywhere and can keep interest rates high.
Where it stands: Al-Monitor calls the war deadlocked six months in. On 3 September we reported that Washington said 17 million barrels crossed the strait in a day, while shipping traders put it at a third of that. Neither figure has been independently confirmed.
The story so far
- Saudi Arabia says Iran hit the tanker Sidr in Hormuz. AFP, on the same site, calls the attacks unclaimed. · 4 Sep 2026
- The US energy secretary says 17 million barrels crossed Hormuz on Monday. AFP says Iran has shut the strait. · 4 Sep 2026
- Washington says 17 million barrels crossed Hormuz. Shipping traders say a third of that. · 3 Sep 2026
Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.
What is being argued about
- Whose count of the ships hit at sea, and who gave each figure
- Brent above $100 and what the price did to other markets
- The Revolutionary Guard's five conditions for ending the war, and the absence of a US answer
- A tanker burning in Iraqi waters with no one named as firing
Claims and verdicts
Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor
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Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
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TV/radio · state-funded international
وسط التصعيد في المنطقة... النفط يتجاوز 100 دولار للبرميل
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What we have measured
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1
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Haaretz
Haaretz
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Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor
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digital · independent
Who wrote it
The Jerusalem Post
Coverage, outlet by outlet
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
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Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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TV/radio · independent
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
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newspaper · independent
Shargh
Shargh
🇮🇷IR ·
newspaper · independent
Shargh
Shargh
🇮🇷IR ·
newspaper · independent
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
🇱🇧LB ·
TV/radio · independent
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
🇶🇦QA ·
TV/radio · state-funded international
Iran’s oil lifeline is collapsing as exports plunge 85%
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What we have measured
A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1
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Haaretz
Haaretz
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وسط التصعيد في المنطقة... النفط يتجاوز 100 دولار للبرميل
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What we have measured
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1
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الحرس الثوري يعلن قيوداً بحرية تمتد إلى بحر العرب
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What we have measured
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1
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What we have measured
Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1
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Ynet
Ynet
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What we have measured
A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1
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North Press Agency
North Press Agency
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wire · independent
What we have measured
Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1
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Tehran Times
Tehran Times
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What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1
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The Times of Israel
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Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1
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Al-Sabaah
Ma'an News Agency
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digital · independent
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Al-Mada
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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Al-Manar
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Middle East Eye
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What we have measured
How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1
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Ammon News
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