The American military vessel was warned it would be targeted within 15 minutes if it continued moving toward the Strait.
Iran's Armed Forces issued a firm and swift warning, preventing the vessel from approaching the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday posted on social media that the United States military has started to clear the Strait of Hormuz, and that all of Iran’s mine laying ships have been sunk.
“We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a social media post, adding that “all 28” of Iran’s “mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea.”
US Navy destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) is crossing the strait of Hormuz today according to AIS data.
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A senior Iranian army official denied reports of the passage of an American destroyer through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
ReplyDelete"The American military vessel was warned that it would become a target within 30 minutes if it continued to move towards the Strait of Hormuz." After "a firm and unequivocal warning from the armed forces, the American vessel was prohibited from approaching the Strait of Hormuz," he said.
Earlier correspondent for American portal Axios and Channel 12 of Israeli television Barak Ravid quoted American official sources as saying that several US Navy ships had passed through Hormuz on Saturday without coordination with Iran.
. Several US Navy ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday without Iran's approval, Barak Ravid, correspondent of American portal Axios and the 12th channel of Israeli television, said on X.
ReplyDelete"Several US navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a US official says. The move was not coordinated with Iran. It's the first time this happens since the beginning of the war," he said.
US Destroyer Sailing Toward Hormuz Strait Forced to Turn Back By Iran
ReplyDeleteTwo US warships have reportedly passed through the Strait of Hormuz, the first such transit since the war with Iran began, as President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States had started “clearing out” the strategic waterway.
DeleteThe US Navy guided-missile destroyers passed through the strait with no issues reported, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing three US officials.
The operation was not coordinated with authorities in Tehran, US media outlet Axios said.
the Fars news agency reported, citing its own investigation, that Iran's armed forces were tracking the location of a US Navy destroyer that had departed from Fujairah port toward the Strait of Hormuz, and reporting all its movements to the Iranian delegation in Islamabad, which, in turn, passed the information to the US side through a Pakistani intermediary.
DeleteIran reportedly issued a warning to the destroyer and informed the Pakistani intermediary that the vessel would become a target for attack within 30 minutes if it continued moving, and that this situation would impact US-Iran negotiations. This led to an order for the destroyer to stop, according to the report.