Trump: We are monitoring every inch of the Strait of Hormuz and have removed all mines from it.
Trump: We are monitoring every inch of the Strait of Hormuz and have removed all mines from it.
2026-08-25
Shafaq News – Washington
US President Donald Trump asserted on Tuesday that the United States is monitoring “every inch” of the Strait of Hormuz, Jabal al-Fus, and the three other nuclear sites that have already been destroyed.
Trump added, in statements followed by Shafaq News Agency, that “the US Navy informed me that all mines have been removed or detonated in the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz.”
He noted that Iran had been notified that any ship or boat that lays new mines “will be destroyed immediately and systematically,” stressing that “there is a policy in place of zero tolerance for mine laying.”
Earlier today, Trump described Iran as “failing” and “unable” to pay large sections of its military, calling for an “immediate” end to this humanitarian crisis.
For its part, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that it had changed the course of 71 commercial vessels, disrupted 3 other vessels, and boarded 2 vessels to verify compliance with the embargo resolutions, since the resumption of the naval blockade on Iran on July 14.
The statement noted that US forces simultaneously allowed more than 40 ships carrying humanitarian aid to pass through.
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