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The U.S. military “eliminated” 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait \u200cof Hormuz on Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any mines laid in the Strait by Iran must be removed immediately.
Trump previously said the U.S. had “completely destroyed” 10 inactive mine-laying vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He said that if Tehran did not do so it would face \u200bmilitary consequences, without providing details.
Trump also said the U.S. was using the same technology deployed against drug traffickers to “permanently eliminate \u200bany boat or ship attempting to mine the Hormuz Strait.”
In recent months, the U.S. has carried out a series of strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that it alleges were carrying drugs, killing dozens of people.
The Pentagon said earlier on Tuesday that it was striking \u200bIranian mine-laying vessels and mine storage facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S.-Israel war against Iran has already effectively halted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, \u200balong Iran’s coast, where a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The top U.S. general said earlier on \u200cTuesday that \u2060the U.S. military has started looking at ways to potentially escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, should it be ordered to do so.
“We’re looking at a range of options there,” General Dan Caine told reporters at the Pentagon.
However, the U.S. Navy has so far refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait, sources familiar with the \u200bmatter told Reuters.
Secretary of Energy \u200bChris Wright posted on X \u2060on Tuesday that the U.S. Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker through the water way, but later deleted the post.
The United States has not yet escorted any oil tankers or \u200bvessels through the Strait of Hormuz, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters when \u200basked about the \u2060issue at a press conference later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A video clip was deleted from Secretary Wright’s official X account after it was determined to be incorrectly captioned by Department of Energy staff,” a department spokesperson said.
Commenting on Wright’s remarks, a spokesperson for Iran’s \u2060Revolutionary Guards \u200bdenied an oil ship had been escorted.
“Any movement of the U.S. fleet \u200band its allies will be stopped by our missiles and drones,” Ali Mohammad Naini said in comments carried by Iranian state media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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