US Central Command says two Navy warships have transited the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran denies that happened

US Central Command says two Navy warships have transited the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran denies that happened

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Two US Navy warships have transited the Strait of Hormuz to begin clearing the strategic waterway of mines laid by Iran, US Central Command said Saturday -- a claim denied by Tehran.

The announcement of the first such transit since the US-Israeli war with Iran began came shortly after President Donald Trump said Washington had started "clearing out" the strait, through which a fifth of the world's crude oil passes.

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