The United States Central Command (Centcom) claimed this Tuesday to have destroyed “multiple Iranian warships” near the Strait of Hormuz, including 16 minelayer boats, as part of the attacks against the Persian country, which they accuse of having threatened “freedom of navigation.” Centcom reported the number of “eliminated” vessels in a message on Hours earlier, President Donald Trump had stated that US forces eliminated ten of these vessels. “I am pleased to report that in the last few hours we have hit, and completely destroyed, 10 ships and/or inactive minelaying vessels, and more to follow!” the president wrote in a message on his social network, Truth Social.
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