On July 24, CENTCOM disabled the Mozambican-flagged tanker M/T Lavine in the Gulf of Oman after repeated attempts to breach the U.S. naval blockade on Iran. Open-source analysis of the resulting fire has focused on whether the strike hit the engine room or accommodation block.

In a post on X, Shin (@hey_itsmyturn) shared an OSINT assessment and commented:

The visible fire origin aligns with the funnel/engine casing and is consistent with an engine-room strike. If there had been an impact in the accommodation block, the Iranian regime would make a long sad documentary about it.

Shin also quoted a prior analysis by De Faakto MENA, originally in Arabic, which highlighted the conflicting narratives:

🇮🇷 OSINT Analysis

Engine room or crew quarters? Conflicting accounts about the first tanker actually “disabled” since the announcement of the American blockade on Iran.

▪️ U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the disabling of the Mozambican-flagged tanker M/T Lavine in the Gulf of Oman on July 24, after repeated attempts to breach the blockade.