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Two Oil Tankers Explode After Allegedly Hitting Mines in Hormuz: Iran

1 source1 article First seen 9 hours ago Updated 9 hours ago Iran Truth score 38

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Meanwhile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an attack on a merchant vessel in the strategic waterway

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Two Oil Tankers Explode After Allegedly Hitting Mines in Hormuz: Iran
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an attack on a merchant vessel in the strategic waterway

Truth score

38/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 65/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

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Average reliability: 65/100 (Mostly factual)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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