Entity

Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes.

As of 31 Oct 2026Last evidence 31 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Iran to shift uranium stockpile abroad, reopen Hormuz within 7 days under draft deal: Report

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • IRGC says two tankers stopped south of Strait of Hormuz after ignoring radio warnings from Iran

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Tanker catches fire in Hormuz after explosives attached to hull

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Iran reports destruction of US drone and three tanker incidents in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reports two tankers on fire in Strait of Hormuz as talks continue

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 14 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 161 mentions on 31 Oct 2026, against 90 on 10 Oct 2026 (+79%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 31 Oct 2026 (3 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 30 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?” moved from 18% to 12% Yes since 16 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

4,956 documents · 305 publishers · 10% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 31 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.097: about 90% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 6 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Hormuz

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranOilMiddle EastTrumpSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesIsraelYemenRed Sea
  • Iran · 4,009 shared documents
  • Oil · 3,422 shared documents
  • Middle East · 2,149 shared documents
  • Trump · 2,147 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,938 shared documents
  • United States · 1,765 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,662 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,574 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 1,145 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Red Sea · 1,143 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 161 mentions on 31 Oct 2026 with 90 on 10 Oct 2026 (+79%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +26% from 16 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, between 68 and 186 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

12% Yes

priced 31 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 18% → 12% Yes (-6pts, from 16 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)

on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Hormuz

“Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/c0ec2e6075dbc1602e45194e returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name hormuz.

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Events involving Hormuz

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Iran to shift uranium stockpile abroad, reopen Hormuz within 7 days under draft deal: Report

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    could not check

  • IRGC says two tankers stopped south of Strait of Hormuz after ignoring radio warnings from Iran

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Tanker catches fire in Hormuz after explosives attached to hull

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Iran reports destruction of US drone and three tanker incidents in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reports two tankers on fire in Strait of Hormuz as talks continue

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • US Tells Ships to Avoid Unnecessary Transits Through Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran Adds $24 Billion Reserves Demand Before Hormuz 7-Day Clock Starts

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Middle East conflict: Iran says discussing plan with mediators to end war, reopen Hormuz; UAE’s Gargash urges restraint

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 10 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Emir of Qatar, Iran’s leader discuss developments around Hormuz in Moscow

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran Offers to Reopen Strait of Hormuz, but U.S. Naval Blockade Stalls Shipping Deal

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Closed as Tanker Transits Drop to 4

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • US military says it helped Gulf states export 1.5 billion barrels of oil

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 23 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 22 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

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Hormuz

Entity.

Evidence
4,956 documents · 305 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 12 Apr 2026, last seen 31 Oct 2026
Measured
10% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
31 Oct 2026
24 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (2)

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Hormuz, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Hormuz

Markets whose question is about Hormuz or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Hormuz and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

1 market past its stated close date is not shown as open: “Shipping targeted in Hormuz on October 26, 2026?” (closed 26 Oct 2026).

What it connects to

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Recorded history

  • 31 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 27 Oct 2026

  • 27 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 17 Oct 2026

3 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 31 Oct 2026.