2026-04-11 16:05, updated 2026-04-11 18:33
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2026-04-11 16:05
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2026-04-11 18:33
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US Navy had started “clearing the Strait of Hormuz”. In a post on the Truth Social platform, he noted, among other things, that all Iranian minelaying boats “lie at the bottom of the sea.” Iran has denied that US ships entered Hormuz.
Everyone knows that (Iran – PAP) is losing, and it is losing all the way! “Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, they have no anti-aircraft equipment, their radars are destroyed, their missile and drone factories have been largely razed to the ground along with the missiles and drones themselves,” Trump wrote.
The American president added that “most importantly, their aged 'leaders' are not among us, praise Allah! All they have left is the threat that the ship may run into one of their sea mines. By the way, all of their 28 mineboats are also lying at the bottom of the sea.”
Trump also said that “cleaning up the Strait of Hormuz” is “a favor to countries around the world, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany and many others.”
The information that the US president shared on his social media platform was denied by an anonymous representative of Iran's army. In a statement reported by Reuters on Iranian state television, no American warships entered the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. According to the same source, US units withdrew in response to a warning issued by the Iranian command.
Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is one of the most serious consequences for the world economy of the war that Israel and the United States have been waging against Iran since February 28. Under normal conditions, approximately 20 percent passes through it. world transport of crude oil. The US demands that Iran immediately end the blockade, which has caused a significant increase in the prices of motor fuels and fertilizers around the world.
Axios: Several US ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz
Several American ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Axios reported. The operation was aimed at increasing the sense of security during the crossing.
As the portal reported, citing an American official, it was the first time American ships had sailed through the strait since the beginning of the war. The ships were to enter from the east and then return to the Arabian Sea.
“It was an operation focused on freedom of navigation through international waters,” the official said.
Iranian state media called the maneuver a violation of the ceasefire and threatened to attack the ships, but according to the website's source, US forces received no such warning.
The crossing of Hormuz took place just before the start of negotiations between the US and Iran in Pakistan. Earlier, President Donald Trump announced that the US had “begun the process of clearing the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to countries around the world.” As he stated, the only obstacle to ship traffic through the strait is the risk of striking a mine.
The Wall Street Journal and other media reported, citing American officials, that Iran had told the Americans that it did not know where the mines were. In a telephone conversation with NewsNation, Trump did not confirm this information and stated that the US knows where the mines are placed.
From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)
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