On 31 October, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated/aligned media) described an attack on fishing boats near Qeshm as American aggression, while Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) attributed a US-attack account to Hormozgan’s deputy governor. Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated/aligned media) also introduced the incident as American aggression but included both an Iranian account and an Axios-attributed US explanation that the boats were destroyed after trying to seize a US maritime drone. Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official owned media) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) relayed Fars’s account of a hostile-drone attack.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media31 Oct, 12:33
“Iranian Fars News Agency: A hostile-drone attack targeted two fishing boats south of Qeshm Island.”
وكالة فارس الايرانية: هجوم بطائرة مسيّرة معادية استهدف قاربي صيد جنوب جزيرة قشم
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media31 Oct, 12:34
“Fars News Agency: Two fishermen injured and two missing in a hostile-drone attack on two fishing boats south of Qeshm Island.”
وكالة فارس: إصابة صيادين اثنين وفقدان اثنين في هجوم مسيرة معادية على قاربي صيد جنوبي جزيرة قشم
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media31 Oct, 12:36
“American aggression targets fishing boats near Iran’s Qeshm Island, resulting in fishermen being injured.”
عدوان أمريكي يستهدف قوارب صيد في محيط جزيرة قشم الإيرانية، أسفر عن إصابة صيادين.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated/aligned media31 Oct, 12:42
“American aggression near Qeshm Island: Initial information about fishing boats being targeted near Qeshm Island in southern Iran. The Iranian account: The US military targeted two fishing boats off Hormozgan’s coast near Larak Island. The American account (Axios): The two boats tried to seize an American maritime drone in the Strait of Hormuz, so they were destroyed.”
عدوان أمريكي في محيط جزيرة قشم: معلومات أولية عن استهداف قوارب صيادين في محيط جزيرة قشم جنوبي إيران. الرواية الإيرانية: الجيش الأمريكي استهدف قاربي صيد قبالة سواحل هرمزغان قرب جزيرة لارك. الرواية الأمريكية (أكسيوس): الزورقان حاولا الاستيلاء على مسيّرة بحرية أمريكية في مضيق هرمز، فتم تدميرهما.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media31 Oct, 12:51
“Iran — Hormozgan’s deputy governor: An American attack targeted two fishing boats near Qeshm.”