Post Centcom, machine translation: Claim: In recent days and weeks, Iranian-controlled media outlets have reported claims by Iranian authorities that commercial ships have collided with naval mines while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. These claims are false. Fact: The American forces have cleared all the main maritime traffic routes in the Strait of Hormuz, which are internationally recognized, of sea mines, and these routes are still free of mines. Thousands of merchant ships have safely used these passages and continue to operate safely today. CENTCOM.

Post Centcom, machine translation: Claim: In recent days and weeks, Iranian-controlled media outlets have reported claims by Iranian authorities that commercial ships have collided with naval mines while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. These claims are false. Fact: The American forces have cleared all the main maritime traffic routes in the Strait of Hormuz, which are internationally recognized, of sea mines, and these routes are still free of mines. Thousands of merchant ships have safely used these passages and continue to operate safely today. CENTCOM.