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Iran Denies Claims that US Vessels Entered Strait of Hormuz

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TEHRAN — A spokesperson for Iran’s joint military command denied an earlier claim by the US that two Navy destroyers transited the waterway, adding that “initiative over the passage of any vessel rests with the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, according to Iran’s state-media. The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20 per cent of all oil and natural gas traded once passed, is expected to be one of t…
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The spokesman for the Central Headquarters of Khatam al Anbiya, belonging to the Iranian Armed Forces, denied on Saturday the claims of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) that U.S. vessels were circulating across the Strait of Hormuz in a demining operation. The post-Iran denied the entry of U.S. vessels into the Strait of Ormuz first appeared on Cubadebate.

Tehran.- Iran denied the claims of the U.S. Central Command, replicated by Donald Trump, and denied the presence of U.S. vessels in the Strait of Ormuz, in the middle of negotiations with Washington in Pakistan. “The assertion of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) about the entry of U.S. vessels into the Strait of Ormuz is strongly denied,” said Colonel Ebrahim Zolfagari, spokesman for the Jatam al-Anbia Central Command, according to Iranian sta…

The United States stated that two destroyers equipped with guided missiles crossed the Strait of Hormuz this Saturday (April 11, 2026). This is the first passage of US military vessels through the region since the beginning of the conflict with Iran on February 28. However, the Iranian government denied the crossing, according to the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah. The operation aims to give merchant vessels confidence to resume navigation throug…

_**An operation presented as a measure of security, immediately denied by the Iranian authorities.**_ Two destroyers of the American fleet reportedly crossed the Strait of Ormuz during the day, according to reports relayed by several media and confirmed by the Central Command of the United States Armed Forces. The Pentagon justifies this manoeuvre by [...] The article The American Navy claims to have crossed the Strait of Ormuz first appeared on…

No American ships have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official told Iranian state television. The American news site Axios reported earlier on Saturday that US naval vessels sailed through the strait for the first time since the outbreak of the war, without consultation with Iran.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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rd.nl broke the news in Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Saturday, April 11, 2026.
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