US President Donald Trump stated that the United States is "cleaning up the Strait of Hormuz," UNN reports.
We are now beginning the process of cleaning up the Strait of Hormuz as a service to countries around the world, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others. Incredibly, they do not have the courage or the will to do this work themselves. However, it is very interesting that empty oil tankers from many countries are heading to the United States of America to load up on oil.
Axios journalist Barak Ravid noted on X, meanwhile, that a US official stated that "warships crossed the Strait of Hormuz from east to west into the Gulf, and then returned through the strait to the Arabian Sea."
"This was an operation aimed at freedom of navigation in international waters," the US official said.
This comes as Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reports that high-stakes talks between the US and Iran are underway in Pakistan, CNN indicates.
At the same time, the Iranian publication Tasnim writes that the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that "an American destroyer attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz was forced to retreat after receiving an unequivocal warning from the Iranian Armed Forces, which prevented a potential ceasefire violation."
"Iran explicitly informed the Pakistani mediator that if the vessel continued its movement, it would become a target within 30 minutes, and negotiations between Iran and the US would be disrupted," Tasnim added.
At the same time, Axios journalist Barak Ravid indicated that a US official told him that "the US had not received such a warning."