Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi was responding to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the United States had control over the Strait of Hormuz. He said recent incidents involving several oil tankers in the waterway had exposed the falsehood of Washington’s claim.
Mohebi questioned how the United States could claim control over the strait while several incidents involving vessels were occurring there every day.
He 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.
The IRGC spokesman concluded by saying that no one would dare enter the Strait of Hormuz to conduct mine-clearing operations.
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