Trump says all mines removed from Strait of Hormuz, warns Iran against new placements

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines have been removed or detonated from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, while warning Iran that any attempt to place new mines would trigger an immediate US military response.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he had been informed by the US Navy that the waterway had been cleared of mines.

Trump said Iran had been notified that “any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed.”


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The US president also said the United States was maintaining a “Zero Tolerance policy” on mine placement in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Trump, the US Space Force was monitoring “every square inch” of the strait. He added that the same surveillance was being used to monitor Pickaxe Mountain and three other nuclear sites he described as already destroyed.

The Strait of Hormuz has remained a major point of tension between the United States and Iran, with the presence of naval mines posing a potential threat to shipping through the strategically important waterway.