US Navy tells Trump that all mines in Strait of Hormuz have been removed

All Iranian mines have been removed in the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, asserting that the American military was monitoring “every square inch” of the waterway.

“I have just been informed by the United States Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” he said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “There is a Zero Tolerance policy on mine placement in full force and effect.”

The US president warned Iran that any ship placing new mines would be “immediately and systematically destroyed.”

Trump also said that the US Space Force was watching “every square inch” of the Strait as well as Pickaxe Mountain, a reported nuclear site which was not targeted previously, and the three other nuclear sites the US attacked last year.