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US Central Command denies Iran's Hormuz mine claims and announces lanes cleared

US Central Command denied Iranian claims that commercial ships struck mines while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, calling them false. Minutes later it announced that its forces had cleared all internationally recognized main transit lanes in the strait of mines. The step concerns securing navigation in a strategic maritime passage.

📍 Where things stand: US Central Command affirms that all main shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz are free of mines, while denying Iranian claims that commercial ships struck mines.

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28 Oct 2026, 21:25 US Central Command denied the validity of Iranian claims that commercial ships struck mines while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, describing the claims as false.
28 Oct 2026, 21:26 US Central Command announced that its forces had cleared all internationally recognized main transit lanes in the Strait of Hormuz of mines, a step related to securing navigation in a strategic maritime passage. In a brief statement it said all shipping lanes in the strait are free of mines, without further details on the clearance operation or its timing.

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US Central Command: All Hormuz routes are free of mines

US Central Command announced that all navigational routes in the Strait of Hormuz are free of mines, in a brief statement published without further details on the clearance operati…

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US Central Command: All main internationally recognized shipping lanes in Strait of Hormuz cleared of mines

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US Central Command denies Iran's claims that commercial ships struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz

US Central Command denied the validity of Iran's claims that commercial ships struck mines while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, describing them as false.