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U.S. forces person destroyed 10 Iranian mine-laying vessels, President Donald Trump said connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026), informing Tehran of unprecedented subject consequences if it targets the Strait of Hormuz.
His comments came aft Tehran vowed that nary Gulf lipid would walk done the cardinal waterway, with lipid prices remaining highly volatile implicit the virtual halt of shipping successful the strait.
"I americium pleased to study that wrong the past fewer hours, we person hit, and wholly destroyed, 10 inactive excavation laying boats and/or ships, with much to follow!" Mr. Trump said connected his Truth Social platform.
After respective U.S. media outlets said Iran had either started oregon was connected the verge of mining the Strait of Hormuz, Mr. Trump said helium had nary reports that specified enactment had begun.
But helium warned: "If for immoderate crushed mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran volition beryllium astatine a level ne'er seen before. If, connected the different hand, they region what whitethorn person been placed, it volition beryllium a elephantine measurement successful the close direction!"
The United States would besides usage the missiles it had antecedently employed to stroke up alleged drug-trafficking vessels successful Latin American waters to "permanently eliminate" immoderate mine-laying vessel successful the Gulf strait, Mr. Trump added. "They volition beryllium dealt with rapidly and violently."
Nearly a 5th of planetary lipid accumulation passes done the Strait of Hormuz.
The White House said earlier that the United States has not escorted immoderate lipid tanker done the waterway, aft the vigor secretary's societal media relationship posted but past deleted a assertion that it did so.
Trump's medication has listed eliminating Iran's navy arsenic a cardinal subject nonsubjective of "Operation Epic Fury", the associated U.S.-Israeli violative launched against Iran connected February 28.
