New Delhi, August 25: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said all mines had been removed or detonated from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz and warned Iran against placing new mines in the strategic waterway.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he had been informed by the US Navy that all mines had been cleared from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz. He said Iran had been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines would be “immediately and systematically destroyed”.
Trump said the US was enforcing a “zero tolerance” policy on mine placement and that the US Space Force was monitoring “every square inch” of the Strait. He also said the US was monitoring Pickaxe Mountain and three other nuclear sites that he said had already been destroyed.
