Iran Says It Struck Omani Island That Helps Guide Ships Through Hormuz’s Southern Route
Iran has claimed a strike on Didamar, a small rocky island belonging to Oman at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, according to reports on Tuesday.
Iran’s military said that personnel on the island were ‘helping the flow of oil smuggling by the enemy’. An unnamed official of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy told Iranian state media that navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed. The official added that no vessels that Iran considers unauthorised passed through the route overnight.
Oman confirmed that a loud explosion was detected at the base on the island.
Didamar, also known as Little Quoin Island, is located off Oman’s Musandam Peninsula next to the southern shipping corridor. It has a lighthouse that was established in 1914. Shore radar and radio equipment on the island is reportedly used to track vessels and coordinate traffic.
Satellite imagery from Sentinel-2 dated November 8 shows scorch marks near the radar and radio equipment. The imagery does not show what caused the damage or which systems were affected.
Iran treats ships using the southern corridor near the Omani coast as unauthorised. On November 8, the IRGC Navy said that two oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines on what it called an unauthorised route in the strait.
The US struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on November 2, according to reports citing US officials. One US official described those strikes as limited and said that they did not mean a return to full-scale combat.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the war with Iran is effectively over militarily, after meeting the Qatari Prime Minister who is mediating between the two sides.
References: The Washington Stand, Defence Security Asia, Political.org, Oman Observer, Reuters
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