The Iranian President stresses not to evade dialogue with Washington amid maritime tensions in the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said today, Thursday (October 1, 2026), that Iran will never evade dialogue with the United States, at a time when Tehran is studying the American response to its latest proposals to revive the ceasefire agreement.

The semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying, “We have never evaded talks and we will never do so, even though the United States targeted our country three times despite the signing of an agreement.”

Marisex Marine Risk Management said that unspecified projectiles hit three Liberian-flagged oil tankers as they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.

Here are some details:

* Marisex stated in a report issued late yesterday, Wednesday (September 30, 2026), that the ships were sailing through the strait and their Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders were turned off to avoid detection.

* Data from Kpler Analytics showed that the oil products tanker (Ruwais) was last seen conducting a ship-to-ship transfer off the Omani port of Sohar in late September to unload its cargo of diesel.

* Data revealed that the huge crude oil tanker (Mersin Prosperity) conducted a ship-to-ship transfer off Sohar in mid-September to transfer two million barrels of Iraqi Basra crude to another tanker.

* Data showed that (Sinbad), a medium-sized tanker, loaded refined products at the Jubail Industrial Port in Saudi Arabia in early September.

* ADNOC Logistics and Services, which operates the Ruwais and Mersin Prosperity tankers, declined to comment.

*Anglo Eastern Tanker Management, which manages Sinbad, has not yet responded to a request for comment.