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Day 253 of the WarSaturday, November 7, 2026

Day 253 — CENTCOM Says U.S. Aircraft Disabled Cargo Ship 'Huda' in Gulf of Oman; Iranian Media Report Blasts at Qeshm and Jask, Cause Not Officially Stated; IRGC Navy Claims Two Tankers Hit Mines

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Gulf of Oman · Khor Fakkan · Iran's land borders · Caspian Sea · BaghdadQeshm · Jask · Sirik · Bandar Abbas · Strait of HormuzTehran · Strait of HormuzWashington · Doha · Oxford · Abu Dhabi · JerusalemKhash · Mashhad · Lorestan · Ilam · Khuzestan · Sanaa · Riyadh

Qeshm and Jask: Residents Tell Vahid Online of an Explosion at Qeshm at About 19:16 UTC and Four in Jask at 19:18 UTC; IRNA Says Two Explosions Were Heard on Qeshm and Its Reporter Places the Impact in the East of the Island, With Local and Provincial Officials Silent; Tasnim, Citing an Informed Source, Claims the Two Blasts Heard on Qeshm Related to 'Management of the Strait of Hormuz' and No Hits on the Island Have Been Reported, per Iran International; Fars Says the Nature and Location of Several Blasts at Qeshm and Jask Are Unknown, and an IRIB Reporter Suggests the Sounds Heard in Qeshm, Sirik, Jask and Bandar Abbas May Relate to the Armed Forces' 'Defence of the Strait of Hormuz', per Iran International; Radio Farda Says IRNA Deleted a Line That Official Sources Confirmed an Impact in Jask; the IRGC Navy Then Claims Two Tankers Caught Fire After Hitting Mines, a Statement BBC Persian Says Came After the Blast Reports; No Official Explanation of the Blasts Has Been Given

Iran
  • Residents told Vahid Online in unverified messages of a blast at Qeshm at 19:16 UTC and four in Jask at 19:18 UTC; IRNA's reporter placed an impact in the island's east, while Tasnim, citing an informed source, claims the two blasts related to 'management of the Strait of Hormuz' and no hits were reported, per Iran International.source
  • Fars said local sources reported several explosions at Qeshm and Jask, their nature and exact location unknown; an IRIB reporter said sounds like explosions were heard in Qeshm, Sirik, Jask and Bandar Abbas and suggested they may relate to the armed forces' 'defence of the Strait of Hormuz', per Iran International.source
  • Radio Farda said IRNA's first report claimed 'official sources confirmed an impact' in Jask, withholding details over the sites' 'military nature', then deleted that phrase minutes later; Fars posted a video it captioned 'Iranian missiles' over Bandar Abbas just after the blasts, naming no launch site or target.source
  • The IRGC Navy claimed two tankers, one in the Strait of Hormuz and one east of it, caught fire after hitting mines, a statement BBC Persian says came after the blast reports; in the morning the Army Navy claimed an unnamed 'violating' tanker east of the strait hit a mine and stopped, per BBC Persian.source

Regime Claims: IRGC Spokesman Hossein Mohebbi, Asked Whether the Range Limit on Iran's Missiles Has Been Lifted, Says 'This Limit Has Been Lifted for Us, but We Must Unveil These Capabilities in Practice', per BBC Persian Citing ISNA, While Iran International Reports He Announced It Was Lifted on the Leader's Order; He Tells Fars That Hostile Countries' Assets Even Beyond Their Borders Are Within Reach and That Iran Will Prepare if the System Decides to Review Its Nuclear Doctrine, per Iran International; the IRGC Navy Claims Any Ship That Cooperates With the U.S. Military and Defies Iran's Hormuz Rules 'Will Certainly Hit a Mine', per Fars, and MP Abbas Golrou Says Iran Is Engaged 'Day and Night' With the Americans in Hormuz, per Iran International; Fars Airs Mohammad-Javad Larijani Saying a Nuclear Weapon Could Be Used 'Tactically' Against an Enemy Base, and SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei Writes: 'Start a War, and You Will Face a Devastating Response', per Iran International

Iran
  • IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi, asked whether the range limit on Iran's missiles was lifted, said 'this limit has been lifted for us, but we must unveil these capabilities in practice', per BBC Persian citing ISNA; Iran International's video report says he announced it was lifted on the leader's order.source
  • Mohebbi told Fars that all assets of hostile countries 'even outside their geographic borders' are within reach and that if the system decides to move toward a nuclear-doctrine review 'we will create the necessary readiness', per Iran International; BBC Persian quotes him on moving missile lines underground.source
  • The IRGC Navy claimed any ship that cooperates with the U.S. military and defies Iran's Hormuz rules 'will certainly hit a mine', per Fars and BBC Persian; MP Abbas Golrou told ILNA 'we are now engaged day and night with the Americans in Hormuz' but 'have not really closed the path of diplomacy'.source
  • Fars aired clips of Mohammad-Javad Larijani claiming a nuclear weapon could be used 'tactically against an enemy military base' and urging the Majlis to suspend NPT obligations; SNSC secretary Mohsen Rezaei wrote on X: 'start a war, and you will face a devastating response', per Iran International.source

Inside Iran and the Region: the Judiciary's Mizan Says Mohammad-Aref Shahbakhsh, Whom It Links to Jaish al-Adl, Was Executed on 'Baghi' and 'Moharebeh' Charges, per BBC Persian, and HRANA Reports Two More Dey-1404 Detainees Sentenced to Death in Mashhad's 'Shandiz' Case, Bringing Identified Death Sentences There to Six, per Iran International; a Citizen Tells Iran International He Paid 100,000 Tomans for a Bag of Crisps, and Iran's FDA Spokesman Says Fewer Than 40 of About 700 Vital Medicines Are Hard to Supply, per Radio Farda; Floods Leave 58 People Affected in Lorestan and 11 in Kuhrang, per BBC Persian; Houthi-Affiliated Media Say at Least 33 Were Killed in Air Strikes Attributed to Saudi Arabia Near Sanaa, per BBC Persian, and Houthi Spokesman Saree Claims Attacks on Targets Including King Khalid International Airport, Which Saudi Arabia Has Not Confirmed, per Iran International

Iran
  • The judiciary's Mizan said Mohammad-Aref Shahbakhsh, whom it links to Jaish al-Adl, was executed on 'baghi' and 'moharebeh' charges over an attack on a Khash police post, per BBC Persian; HRANA said Dey-1404 detainees Ali Zaghi and Ilya Akbari were sentenced to death in the 'Shandiz' case, per Iran International.source
  • A citizen told Iran International he paid 100,000 tomans for a bag of crisps — 'if we protest, we become rioters' — and Iran's FDA spokesman said fewer than 40 of about 700 vital and essential medicines are hard to supply, per Radio Farda, which notes field reports of patients struggling to find drugs.source
  • Heavy rain left several injured, with 58 people affected in Khorramabad, Dorud and Sepiddasht in Lorestan and 11 in Kuhrang, per BBC Persian; Khorramabad's governor said flood sediment cut road access to 158 villages, per Fars, and landslides blocked the Lorestan–Khuzestan railway, per Radio Farda.source
  • Houthi-affiliated media said at least 33 people were killed and 39 wounded in air strikes attributed to Saudi Arabia near Sanaa, with Riyadh saying it is looking into the reports, per BBC Persian; Houthi spokesman Saree claimed attacks including on King Khalid airport, which Saudi Arabia has not confirmed, per Iran International.source

Blockade at Sea and on Land: CENTCOM Says a U.S. Military Aircraft Fired Precision Munitions at the Stern of the St Kitts-Flagged Cargo Ship 'MV Huda' in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, Disabling It After Repeated Attempts to Breach the Blockade, and Says 147 Ships Have Changed Course, Five More Were Disabled and 10 Iranian Tankers Were Destroyed Earlier; UKMTO Reports an Incident Between a Bulk Carrier and Military Forces About 18 nm East of Khor Fakkan, and BBC Persian Says It Is Unclear Whether It Is the Same Operation; CENTCOM Sets Up 'Task Force Iron Gate' for Iran's Land Borders and the Caspian, per Vahid Online's Machine Translation, and Iraq's Foreign Minister Says Washington Formally Asked Baghdad to Close All but Two Border Crossings With Iran, per Iran International

Gulf & Naval
  • CENTCOM said a U.S. military aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern of the St Kitts-flagged cargo ship 'MV Huda' in the Gulf of Oman on 7 Nov, disabling it after it tried several times to breach the blockade, and that 147 ships have changed course, five more were disabled and 10 Iranian tankers destroyed earlier.source
  • UKMTO said it received a report of an incident between a bulk carrier and military forces in the Gulf of Oman about 18 nm (33 km) east of Khor Fakkan, UAE, with crew status and damage unknown, per Iran International; BBC Persian says it is unclear whether this is CENTCOM's 'Huda' operation.source
  • CENTCOM said Adm. Brad Cooper ordered 'Task Force Iron Gate', about 20 staff in Tampa, to stop arms, dual-use technology, sanctioned goods and illicit revenue moving across Iran's land borders and the Caspian, per Vahid Online's machine translation; Radio Farda notes CENTCOM did not say how.source
  • Iraq's foreign minister said on Saturday that conditions point to a possible renewed war and that the U.S. has formally asked Baghdad to close all its border crossings with Iran except two, per Iran International; Al-Araby Al-Jadeed said PM Ali al-Zaidi ordered commanders to stop suspicious armed-group moves.source

Talks and Warnings: Axios Says Vice President Vance Has Spent Two Weeks Personally in Indirect Talks With Iran on a New Ceasefire and Resumed Nuclear Talks, and the Washington Post Says Treasury Secretary Bessent, Backed by Trump, Asked China to Press Tehran, per Iran International; the WSJ Says Vance and Gulf Allies Urge Trump to End the War While Other Advisers Push to Resume Strikes, and NBC News, Citing U.S. Officials, Says Some Advisers Told Him the Window for Large-Scale Operations Is Narrowing; Qatar's PM Says at Oxford That 'Some Wise Voices in Tehran' Helped Keep Things Under Control and Hopes for 'a Good Deal', per Radio Farda, and the UAE's Ali Rashid al-Nuaimi Tells Fox News He Is Cautiously Optimistic, per Iran International; Ynet Says the U.S. Issued New Security Alerts for Its Missions in the Region After Intelligence on Possible Iranian Plans to Target Senior U.S. Officials, per BBC Persian, and Israel's Channel 12 Says the U.S. Stopped a Netanyahu–Mossad Operation on Iranian Soil Before the 27 October Election, Which the Prime Minister's Office Denies

Global
  • Axios, citing two sources, said VP Vance has for two weeks personally joined indirect talks with Iran on a new ceasefire and resumed nuclear talks, with a U.S.–Iran experts' meeting discussed but not held; the Washington Post said Bessent, backed by Trump, asked China to press Tehran, per Iran International.source
  • The WSJ said Vance and Gulf allies urge Trump to end the war while other advisers push to resume strikes, and NBC News, citing unnamed U.S. officials, said some advisers told him the window for large-scale operations is narrowing and urged action before the new Congress meets in January, per Iran International.source
  • Qatar's PM said at Oxford on Friday that 'some wise voices in Tehran' helped keep things under control and hoped for 'a good deal', per Radio Farda; the UAE's Ali Rashid al-Nuaimi told Fox News he is cautiously optimistic, citing 'signs of progress', per Iran International.source
  • Ynet said the U.S. issued new alerts for its Middle East missions over possible Iranian plans to target senior U.S. officials, with the Jerusalem embassy urging citizens to locate shelters, per BBC Persian; Israel's Channel 12 said the U.S. stopped a Netanyahu–Mossad operation in Iran, which the PM's office denies.source

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