马斯喀特，阿曼 —— 阿曼于10月30日表示，已从一艘遭袭击起火的商船上救出25名船员，与此同时伊朗报告称三艘油轮在通过霍尔木兹海峡时被拦截。
MUSCAT, Oman – Oman said on Oct 30 it had rescued 25 sailors from a merchant ship set ablaze in an attack, as Iran reported three oil tankers were halted while crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
自2月28日美以对伊斯兰共和国发动袭击导致中东战争爆发以来，德黑兰已限制通过该海峡的海上交通。这条狭窄水道通常承载约五分之一的全球石油运输量，已成为冲突的焦点，船只定期遭到伊朗炮火袭击。
Tehran has restricted maritime traffic through the strait since the Middle East war erupted on Feb 28 with US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic The narrow waterway, which normally carries about a fifth of global oil, has become a focal point of the conflict, with ships regularly coming under Iranian fire.
阿曼海上安全中心在一份声明中表示，马斯喀特海军“对悬挂巴拿马国旗的商船RITI号的25名船员实施了撤离行动，该船遭到袭击导致船上起火”。阿曼声明称，船员已获得医疗救治，但未提供细节。
Muscat’s navy “carried out an evacuation operation for 25 crew members of the merchant ship RITI, flying the Panamanian flag, after it was targeted, which led to a fire breaking out on board”, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said in a statement. The crew members were provided with medical care, the Omani statement said, without giving details.
船舶跟踪网站Marine Traffic将RITI号描述为一艘原油油轮。
The Marine Traffic ship-tracking website described the RITI as a crude oil tanker.
美国中央司令部司令布拉德·库珀在10月30日发布的一段视频中表示，美军已“成功清除了霍尔木兹海峡国际公认主要过境航线上的伊朗海上地雷”。
US Central Command chief Brad Cooper said in a video released on Oct 30 that US forces had “successfully cleared the strait’s internationally recognised primary transit routes of Iranian sea mines”.
他补充说，美军“继续驻留，以确保霍尔木兹海峡的所有主要过境航线保持自由畅通”。
US forces remain “present to ensure that all primary transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz remain free and clear”, he added.
库珀表示，他探访了该地区5万多名美军现役人员中的部分人员，重申了早先的声明，即华盛顿自夏季以来已帮助海湾国家通过该海峡出口超过15亿桶原油。
Cooper said he visited some of the more than 50,000 US service members in the region, repeating earlier statements that Washington has helped Gulf countries export more than 1.5 billion barrels of crude via the strait since summer.
英国海上贸易行动办公室（UKMTO）表示，一艘位于伊朗拉万岛以南40海里处的船只于10月30日被不明飞行物击中，导致船上起火。
British maritime security agency UKMTO said that a ship 40 nautical miles south of Lavan island in Iran was struck on Oct 30 by an unknown projectile, which caused a fire onboard.
UKMTO在封锁伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队此前表示，三艘油轮在遭遇未明“事件”或触雷后被拦截。
“The crew of the vessel have been reported as safe and there is no reported environmental impact at this time,” the UKMTO said on Blockade Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said earlier that three oil tankers had been halted after encountering unspecified “incidents” or hitting mines.
伊斯兰革命卫队在一份声明中说：“两艘违规油轮，一艘在霍尔木兹海峡东部，另一艘在西部，试图通过未经授权的航道，遭遇事故并被迫停泊在海峡以南水域。”
“Two offending oil tankers, one in the eastern part and the other in the western part of the Strait of Hormuz, which were attempting to pass through the unauthorised route, encountered incidents and were brought to a halt in the waters south of the strait,” the IRGC said in a statement.
伊朗要求船只使用指定航道通过海峡，并与该国武装部队协调通行，将靠近阿曼海岸的南部走廊定性为未经授权航道。
Iran has demanded that vessels use a designated route through the strait and coordinate their passage with the country’s armed forces, labelling a southern corridor closer to Oman’s shores as unauthorised.
卫队声明称，这些油轮“关闭了所有导航和定位系统，在美国恐怖主义军队的支持下，试图通过未经授权的航道驶出”。
The tankers had “switched off all their navigation and positioning systems and, with the support of the terrorist US military, were attempting to exit through the unauthorised route”, the Guards’ statement said.
卫队未说明油轮遭遇的“事故”具体性质，这些事故发生在伊朗武装部队称至少四艘油轮在该区域触雷停泊的第二天。
The Guards did not specify the nature of the “incidents” the tankers encountered, which came a day after Iran’s armed forces said at least four tankers had stopped in the area after hitting mines.
他们表示，10月30日的事故发生在船只收到多次无线电警告却置之不理之后。
They said the incidents on Oct 30 occurred after the vessels received several radio warnings but disregarded them.
革命卫队在随后的一份声明中说，一艘载有200万桶石油的超大型油轮在“通过霍尔木兹海峡未经授权航道航行时撞上海军水雷发生爆炸”后停航。
The IRGC said in a later statement that a supertanker carrying two million barrels of oil had stopped following an explosion “after striking a naval mine while navigating an unauthorised route through the Strait of Hormuz”.
声明补充道：“这是今天因试图通过未经授权航道而发生爆炸起火的第三艘油轮。”
“This is the third oil tanker to have exploded and caught fire today as a result of attempting to pass through an unauthorised route,” it added.
美国以封锁伊朗港口作为回应，进一步限制德黑兰出口石油和进行贸易的能力。
The United States has responded to Iran’s blockade of the strait with a counterblockade of Iranian ports, further restricting Tehran’s ability to export oil and conduct trade.