rki.news | Source: Anadolu
WASHINGTON, August 25: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that all mines have been successfully removed or detonated in international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran against any new attempt to lay explosives in the strategic waterway.
“Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
He emphasized a “zero tolerance policy” on mine placement and said the United States is using Space Force technology to monitor “every square inch” of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump also referred to surveillance of Pickaxe Mountain and three other nuclear sites he said had already been destroyed.
His warning comes amid heightened regional tensions and growing international concern over the security of navigation through the strategic waterway, a key route for global energy supplies.