Evidence

Multiple outlets (The Tribune, InvestingLive, Jerusalem Post, LatestLY, cryptobriefing.com, MEAWW fact-check) corroborate that CENTCOM posted directly on X disputing an IRGC/Fars claim that the Panama-flagged tanker El Gaia struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM's post explicitly stated the claim was 'FALSE' and asserted the El Gaia had instead been struck by an Iranian missile the prior month and by an Iranian drone more recently, disabling the vessel. The CENTCOM X post itself was found and matches the claim's wording closely. No Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo article specifically investigating this El Gaia mine-vs-CENTCOM dispute was found in searches, though a smaller outlet (MEAWW) ran its own 'fact check' framing noting no independent confirmation of the IRGC claim existed at time of writing.