Iranian state broadcaster IRIB says there were no casualties in Saturday's strike on the tanker near Kharg Island, and that footage indicated the vessel's cooling system put out the fire within an hour [1]. IRIB adds that the crews of the two tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman were taken to shore in lifeboats — one of those ships empty, the other carrying a load of oil [1]. That is the first Iranian-side account of crew condition since CENTCOM said it had "permanently disabled" two tankers and "completely destroyed" a third, and that crews were told to abandon ship before the strikes [2]. Earlier on Saturday the semi-official Tasnim agency reported four US missiles hit a tanker at Kharg's anchorage with no reported casualties [2].

One discrepancy worth flagging: SCMP renders CENTCOM as saying two tankers were disabled near Kharg Island, whereas CENTCOM's own accounting placed one of them near Jask [2].

On the civilian toll, Vice-President JD Vance said on Thursday he was "extremely sceptical" of reports that a US strike killed at least four people, including two children, at a wedding in southern Iran, but confirmed the US would investigate [1]. The Iranian Red Crescent Society says shrapnel from a missile hit a ceremony at a home in Sirik; AP's earlier reporting placed that strike in Kuhestak. The location and the toll remain unresolved [1].

Economically, AAA figures cited by BBC put the US average diesel price at $5.85 a gallon on Friday, against $3.71 a year earlier and above the previous record set after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine [1]. BBC notes the strait carried about 20% of world oil and LNG supplies before the war, and that Trump faces midterm pressure over consumer costs [1]. Vance separately said he "wouldn't call it a war" [2].