A post by @FirstSquawk on X.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported that a tanker traveling via an unapproved route in the Strait of Hormuz struck a mine, according to a First Squawk tweet. The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important oil chokepoint, with roughly a fifth of global petroleum liquids consumption typically transiting it, so any disruption carries outsized weight for crude benchmarks and freight and insurance costs. The report did not specify the vessel’s name, flag, cargo or the extent of damage, leaving the scale of the incident unclear. Traders will watch for confirmation from ship trackers and Gulf shipping authorities, any change in tanker transit patterns or war-risk premiums, and whether the IRGC’s “unapproved route” framing signals tighter movement controls through the waterway.