August 26, 2026 | 08:06 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, that the international waterway Strait of Hormuz has been cleared of all mines. The mines have all been removed or detonated, he said, adding that any vessel placing new mines will be destroyed.
"I have just been informed by the United States Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, as quoted from Antara, citing Xinhua.
"Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed. There is a Zero Tolerance policy on mine placement in full force and effect," Trump wrote.
Trump added that the US Space Force is monitoring every square inch of the Strait, as well as Iran's Pickaxe Mountain and three other nuclear facilities that the US has previously destroyed.
Trump did not provide details about the mine clearance operation or specify how many mines have been removed or detonated.
Iran's Persian Gulf Straits Authority, the body Iran established to control maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, announced on Sunday that vessels violating Iranian protocols for passing through the waterway would face restrictions on their future voyages.
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