Places in this day's records
2 places · 1 event not on the map
8 August 2026
3 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
8 August 2026 in brief
Satellite images reviewed by the Associated Press showed the leaking sanctioned tanker Caroline Bezengi, carrying nearly 1 million barrels of crude, sinking deeper off Oman's Qibliyah Island, and a PAX researcher put the oil sheen at nearly 800 sq km. [1] Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli forces entered Zawtar al-Gharbiya, a village held by the Lebanese army, and built an earthen barrier that an AFP correspondent saw; the account is disputed, as the Israeli military told AFP it was not aware of such an event. [1] The UAE foreign ministry said an Iranian missile hit an ADNOC tanker in the Strait of Hormuz with no casualties, an account that was not independently confirmed. [1] Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the strait would not open until the US corrected its behaviour, listing conditions including a permanent end to the war, the lifting of the naval blockade and all sanctions, and compensation, while IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said reopening was unrelated to the Iran-Oman talks.
Said
Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in a statement by secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr carried by state television, said the Strait of Hormuz would not open until the US corrected its behaviour, and listed conditions: no further US threats, a permanent end to the war on Iran and its allies including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, lifting of the naval blockade and US withdrawal from the region, full compensation for the 2025 and 2026 wars, lifting of all sanctions and release of frozen assets.
Government of Iran
8 Aug · to a mixed audience
Reported by Times of Israel
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Said: 2 statements, not counted as events
Said
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi, quoted by Tasnim, said reopening the Strait of Hormuz was subject to Iran's own mechanisms and conditions and was unrelated to the Iran-Oman negotiations. A US official said the same day that Iran-Oman progress could soon reopen the strait.
Said
Government of Iran: Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in a statement by secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr carried by state television, said the Strait of Hormuz would not open until the US corrected its behaviour, and listed conditions: no further US threats, a permanent end to the war on Iran and its allies including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, lifting of the naval blockade and US withdrawal from the region, full compensation for the 2025 and 2026 wars, lifting of all sanctions and release of frozen assets.