{"id":2698837,"date":"2026-11-05T08:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-war-day-251-ship-attacks-continue-in-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T13:21:54","slug":"iran-war-day-251-ship-attacks-continue-in-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-war-day-251-ship-attacks-continue-in-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran War Day 251: Ship Attacks Continue in Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-war-day-251-ship-attacks-continue-in-hormuz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2698837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iranian state media reported that three oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz thursday after striking mines. The IRGC said the vessels had been traveling on \u201cunauthorized\u201d routes, according to reports by Tasnim. <\/p>\n<p>Heightened Iranian pressure on shipping helped push oil prices up after they had fallen following the Democrats\u2019 big midterm win: Brent crude opened near $94.62 a barrel and was moving toward $97. AAA noted some relief in consumer fuel costs, with national averages around $4.10 per gallon for regular gas and $6.26 for diesel. <\/p>\n<p>Disrupted energy markets remain a global worry; South Korea\u2019s defense ministry said it would dispatch ships to help ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, but ruled out sending troops. <\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously occurring, Iranian officials claimed credit for the major losses suffered by former President Trump\u2019s party in the elections.Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked Vice President J.D. Vance-who had blamed the war for the GOP\u2019s midterm setbacks-suggesting U.S.leaders are preparing further military moves while America edges toward an \u201cIsrael-first\u201d posture.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-blog-post__content s-wysiwyg s-wysiwyg--blog\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\" id=\"elevenlabs-audionative-widget\" data-height=\"90\" data-width=\"100%\" data-frameborder=\"no\" data-scrolling=\"no\" data-publicuserid=\"cb0d9922301244fcc1aeafd0610a8e90a36a320754121ee126557a7416405662\" data-playerurl=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/index.html\" >Loading the <a href=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/text-to-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevenlabs Text to Speech<\/a> AudioNative Player&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/audioNativeHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three oil tankers and a tugboat were on fire in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday after hitting mines, per Iranian media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRGC claimed that the ships were using \u201cunauthorized\u201d routes through the waterway, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/tasnimnews.ir\/en\/news\/2026\/11\/05\/3740900\/two-oil-tankers-a-tugboat-catch-fire-after-passing-through-hormuz-strait-illegally-irgc\">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tasnimnews.ir\/en\/news\/2026\/11\/05\/3741205\/oil-tanker-hits-mine-east-of-hormuz-strait-iran-s-army\">reports<\/a> from Iran\u2019s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency.<\/p>\n<section class=\"c-subscribe-email\" >\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__wrap\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__head\">\n<h4 class=\"c-subscribe-email__heading\">Subscribe Today<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"c-subscribe-email__subheading\">Get daily emails in your inbox<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__form-wrap\">      <!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->      <\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/theamericanconservative.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8&#038;id=f7b67cac40\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__fields\">              <label for=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"u-screenreader-text\">Email Address:<\/label>              <input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__field\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Your Email\" \/>              <input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__submit o-button o-button--red-500 o-button--solid\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>            <\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div id=\"mce-error-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-success-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>              <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->            <\/p>\n<div class=\"u-screenreader-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">              <input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8_f7b67cac40\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <!--End mc_embed_signup-->          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ongoing Iranian pressure on shipping began pushing up oil prices, which had tumbled following the Democrats\u2019 huge victory in Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections. Brent crude opened Thursday at $94.62 per barrel and quickly began climbing toward $97 per barrel. AAA reported easing in consumer fuel costs, with national average prices per gallon of $4.10 for regular gas and $6.26 for diesel.<\/p>\n<p>                         <!-- \/22404337467,3946880\/theamericanconservative-Leaderboard-Top -->                         <\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1742316429780-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 50px; max-width: 100%; '>                         <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snarled energy markets remain the focal point of international concern. South Korea\u2019s defense ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/asia-pacific\/20261105-south-korea-military-mission-strait-of-hormuz\">announced<\/a> Thursday that it was deploying ships to facilitate freedom of passage in the Hormuz, while ruling out the use of troops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian officials <a href=\"https:\/\/tasnimnews.ir\/en\/news\/2026\/11\/05\/3740920\/iranian-nation-inflicted-a-major-strategic-defeat-on-trump-snsc-chief-says\">took credit<\/a> for the historic electoral losses for President Donald Trump\u2019s Republican Party. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mb_ghalibaf\/status\/2118262614560047552\">X post<\/a> Thursday morning, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran\u2019s Parliament, taunted Vice President J.D. Vance, who on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/iran-war-day-250-vance-says-iran-war-cost-gop-midterms\/\">posted<\/a> a long statement arguing that Republicans had lost because of the war. \u201cLosing gambler energy, can&#8217;t walk away from the table. Boss is prepping the next war phase while America teeters on an Israel-First cliff,\u201d Ghalibaf wrote. \u201cSkip the TED talk. Why not say this to your boss?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three ships hit mines; Tehran says illicit routes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4458,"featured_media":2698838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-97662354-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[75799,3823,32726,87487,50434],"class_list":["post-2698837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hormuz","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-ship-attacks","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-97662354-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698840,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698837\/revisions\/2698840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2698838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}