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 6 Nov 2026Last evidence 6 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 5 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Iran says tankers struck in Hormuz amid fears of new US attack

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • South Korea to expand anti-piracy unit operations closer to Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

  • Iran Opens Strait of Hormuz to China and India as U.S. Blockade Continues

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 4 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

All 14 events and claims involving Hormuz

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 185 mentions on 6 Nov 2026, against 151 on 16 Oct 2026 (+23%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 6 Nov 2026 (3 changes recorded since 29 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 5 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by December 31?” moved from 24% to 10% Yes since 22 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

5,601 documents · 314 publishers · 10% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 6 Nov 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.099: about 90% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt 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.

IranOilTrumpMiddle EastSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesIsraelYemenRed Sea
  • Iran · 4,564 shared documents
  • Oil · 3,834 shared documents
  • Trump · 2,507 shared documents
  • Middle East · 2,368 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,152 shared documents
  • United States · 2,031 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,942 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,720 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 1,294 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Red Sea · 1,208 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 185 mentions on 6 Nov 2026 with 151 on 16 Oct 2026 (+23%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +13% from 22 Sept 2026 to 6 Nov 2026, between 68 and 245 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Hormuz, day by day.

Market price, cited

10% Yes

priced 6 Nov 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 24% → 10% Yes (-14pts, from 22 Sept 2026 to 6 Nov 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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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

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.

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 5 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Iran says tankers struck in Hormuz amid fears of new US attack

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • South Korea to expand anti-piracy unit operations closer to Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran Opens Strait of Hormuz to China and India as U.S. Blockade Continues

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 4 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Iran's IRGC says four tankers ablaze after hitting mines near Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Unclear what comes next as US strikes Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran war latest: Third tanker catches fire in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Navy says

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran offers deal on Hormuz Strait, Netanyahu wants to 'finish the job'

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

    reported by two

  • OPEC Holds December Output at 31 Million Barrels Amid Hormuz Closure

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

    single source

  • Limpet Mines Return to the Gulf as Iran Strikes Four Tankers Near the Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Uranium Stockpile Transfer, Strait Of Hormuz Reopening: What Iran's Reported Draft Deal With US Proposes

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    single source

  • Iran Says Hormuz Can Reopen in 2 Days as Khamenei Grants Negotiating Authority

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 12 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran war live: 4 tankers hit in Hormuz; Trump says conflict will end ‘soon’

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

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Hormuz

Entity.

Evidence
5,601 documents · 314 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 6 Nov 2026
Measured
10% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
6 Nov 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.

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.

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 6 Nov 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 31 Oct 2026

  • 6 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 31 Oct 2026

  • 31 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 27 Oct 2026

3 changes recorded since 29 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 6 Nov 2026.