Claim: In recent days and weeks, Iranian-controlled media have published reports that commercial ships have encountered naval mines while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. These claims are false. Fact: American forces have cleared all the main and well-known international shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz from sea mines, and these lanes are still mine-free. Thousands of merchant ships have successfully passed through these routes and ships continue to pass through them safely.

Claim: In recent days and weeks, Iranian-controlled media have published reports that commercial ships have encountered naval mines while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. These claims are false. Fact: American forces have cleared all the main and well-known international shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz from sea mines, and these lanes are still mine-free. Thousands of merchant ships have successfully passed through these routes and ships continue to pass through them safely.