IRGC denies any sea mines cleared in Strait of Hormuz

A spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi, said no naval mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting assertions by the United States that it holds control over the strategic waterway. According to Mehr News, Mohebi was responding to US President Donald Trump's claim that the United States had control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Mohebi said recent incidents involving several oil tankers in the waterway had exposed the falsehood of Washington's claim. He questioned how the United States could claim control over the strait while incidents involving vessels were occurring there every day. The IRGC spokesman also dismissed statements by Trump and US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Brad Cooper about the clearance of naval mines from the waterway, describing them as completely false. "No war mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz. This claim is an outright lie," he said.

Mohebi concluded by saying that no one would dare enter the Strait of Hormuz to conduct mine-clearing operations. The remarks add to the public exchange between Iranian and US officials over the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage at the mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a large share of global oil shipments passes. The Mehr News report did not provide further details on the incidents involving oil tankers that Mohebi referenced, nor did it specify dates for the statements attributed to US officials.

According to Mehr News, the IRGC spokesman's comments were a direct response to US claims of control over the strait and to assertions by President Trump and CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper that naval mines had been cleared from the waterway.