US destroyers crossed Hormuz without damage despite attack
May 4, 2026
US says it escorted two service provider ships via Hormuz and Iran denies it
The United States Central Command (Centcom) reported that it has facilitated the passage of two US-flagged service provider ships via the Strait of Hormuz, as a “first step” within the operation introduced by President Donald Trump, to permit the transit of ships trapped by the Iranian blockade.
The announcement takes place shortly after the Armed Forces of the North American nation denied the attack on certainly one of its vessels when making an attempt to cross the strategic route for crude oil and merchandise, whose visitors was interrupted by Iran in retaliation for the warfare launched by the US and Israel.
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The mission started this Monday and, in line with Centcom, it would mobilize greater than 100 plane, destroyers, drones and 15,000 troopers via the ocean route, via which 20% of the world’s oil handed. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent referred to as Iranian forces a “gang of pirates” who “are trying to block international freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz” and guaranteed that Washington “is restoring that passage.”
Iranian denial
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard denied that any service provider ship had handed via. “No commercial ship or oil tanker has crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the last few hours, and the allegations (…) of the American officials are unfounded and completely false,” they declared in an announcement on their Telegram account.
The Revolutionary Guard additional warned that any tried transit that contradicts Iranian protocols “will face serious risks and any vessel that fails to comply will be forcibly detained.” (efe, afp)