Illustrative image. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)
Several United States Navy warships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on April 11, Axios reported, though Iran denied this and threatened to attack any unauthorized vessels in the strategic waterway.
An American official told the news website that the move was not coordinated with the Iranian Navy and was the first time U.S. Navy ships made such a move since the start of the war.
The warships crossed the waterway from east to west to the Persian Gulf, and then made their way back through the strait to the Arabian Sea, according to the official.
A separate report by The Wall Street Journal confirmed, citing three different American officials, that two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers passed through the waterway without facing any issue in what was described as a “freedom-of-navigation mission.”
One of the warships that took part in the mission was identified based on maritime traffic data as the USS Michael Murphy.
Soon after, a senior Iranian military official denied the reported crossing of U.S. warships on the state TV of the Islamic Republic.
The TV additionally released a warning that any U.S. warships will be attacked within 30 minutes if it attempts to cross the Strait. It also reported that one warship turned back after receiving the warning.
The reports came out after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has started to clear the Strait of Hormuz and that all of Iran’s minelaying ships have been sunk.
“We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Earlier in the day, an American official told The New York Times that Iran cannot reopen the Strait of Hormuz for shipping because it’s unable to find and remove all the mines it placed in the waterway throughout the war.
As these developments were taking place, talks between Iranian and American officials began in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
Iranian TV reported that the Islamic Republic’s delegation has set out its red lines to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, adding that these concerned the Strait of Hormuz, the release of Iran’s blocked assets, the payment of war reparations and a ceasefire to be enforced across the region.
The agenda specifically includes the acknowledgment of Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz, where the Islamic Republic aims to collect transit fees and control access. The strait is a chokepoint for about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for force, although the U.S. has done very little towards achieving this goal before the two-week ceasefire was agreed on. The waterway remains under de facto Iranian control, and the latest U.S. Navy mission, successful or not, does not change this fact.
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not that anyone wasn’t aware of the game plan by the u.$. oil corporation(s) before the iran war that de-dollarization was nearing it’s finish… but the 33 minute video by richard medhurst labeled “the petrogas dollar-the secret us strategy behind the iran war” makes logical sense since the demolition of nordstream ii and the buy-in (through force) of the eu peanut gallery. towards lng tanker piracy thereafter… now the only question remains…
wake up the whole wars to sell nuclear power trumps the only one saying, drill baby drill,all of the rest of the co conspirators are hiding their energy fields and crying… no supply ,prices too high .the end is nigh as the big lie
and the new world platforms all the car makers are rolling out their steel wall or iron maidens of whatever they’re calling their superchassis built of actually aluminium aren’t to protect passengers but just to stop the batteries exploding into flame in even minor accidents. there’s less passenger safety than before because we’re all disposable to them but image of safety is everything.
hence why the mercedes 450 gls that are bursting into flames wuthout even being in any accident at all just spontaneously combusting as your driving along arw being ignored totally by mercedes. we know nothing of spontaneous combustion death chambers here
…if there are no international standards of law anymore, and maritime piracy has replaced it -then why haven’t the briics nation(s) left the un yet?…
because they are actually zionist stooges.
so the act of piracy on the high seas by western naval forces will be sufficient for the countries getting hi-jacked?…. and more importantly russia, china and iran will remain loyal defacto un members in the face of said “looting operations” and destruction of their oil and gas by the u$ual $uspects???….
…russia should have left the un after the maidan in 2014 with a formal statement that in good conscience it could no longer remain within the un given the acts of terrorism by the u.$, u.k. and i$rael in the overthrow of that legitimate government. i believe had they done that with a formal announcement and arrangement for standing up the briics -then, the prc and iran would have followed them…
well the moment the russians or chinese leave the un the un will make a resolution to destroy them which everyone on the planet will be bullied into accepting and then the comming war will be legal and the rest of the world will be obliged to join in.
rubbish. the un made a resolution outlawing irans extortion via tolls a couple of days ago china refused to sign
listen, pal ,the rockefeller’s created the un .take a squiz at epstein aged about 22 and old john d rocky at the same age.
old johnny was widely believed to fancy girls under the age of 12 .
allegedly naturally .
they funded it using their lucifer trust , they called it the league of nations as i know you’ve been told a dozen times already ,which as you know by the bibles teaching informs you that its satan’s works as all leagues ,all , leagues and legions are .russia has a christian patriarchy
they know .
and if you research them not only will you learn that it was david rockefeller who set epstein up on the board of directors of the trilateral commission but that their source of wealth from the old grandada who sold natural remedies from a horse drawn wagon as a traveling salesman but that there’s no explanation of where their wealth came from that set them from the lowest in ameruca to the highest in one decade,
your martin bormann was the most successful looter in the history of the world
before that it was the royal families operating under the church and or the crown .grow up.
americunt hillbilly imho retired burger flipper sawlled hebrew jizz past 57 yrs
what a load of school boy tripe
i think they have something cooking in the background. like the way they started with sips.
really do you think they might not be as transparent as a you ?
because tbe vatican operates admiralty maritime law unded naval law pedophilia is legal .any structure containing a port hole is covered by admiralty law .any where with a port hole can commit pedophilia .and being pirates they tag using a palm tree as their safe house signposts .
southfront reporting is so subtly biased western propaganda.
“a separate report by the wall street journal “confirmed”,”
“a senior iranian military official “denied” the reported crossing”
do you see the suggestive wording?
agreed. ….
good observation, but i don’t think it’s that way. to “un-program” western sheep one needs to use language that they are familiar with. it repeats the western claims and then provides a counter claim. if articles are written immediately dissing the western claims (most of us here already know what is likely true or not) then some new visitors might invoke their automatic programmed shut-off and stop reading. de-programming is a slow process.
hilarious ramses so contrived like the trollopes union formula of disingenuous devices .imo
it’s blatant as you .
my homosexual shoe shine boy bob like to lick vanya surgically created peniz
in your testicular locomotuon
all these reports of us ships crossing the strait have the same source…washingtub. keep the salt handy for its next report. meanwhile bungled operations are costing the us taxpayer several small fortunes. there is also a loss in faith amongst its vassals which will fester into a future distrust of us lip service. still, i hear the shitehouse ballroom is coming on just fine. warmongers always need a ballroom to parade around in.
here s a actual bit of factual reporting something different fif you to digest.
starts off familiar
…”so stupid australia entire energy markets has been corrupted ” sky news old news naturally and in denial since everybody knows they should have just said … and world’s energy markets.
all to con and rip off and deceive from the liars class . .you know .
and we know they aren’t pro american.
hahahaha all of your reports about you come from you????.hahahaha what reports? trump said iran agreed to let some ships through .so ?????
if you researched you would have seen the live crossings from ships that have been streaming on the internet but none of you ever do keep up .
and you totally believe the trumpster and his minister of war? some ships are getting through via agreement with tehran but they ain’t american or isreali and the rest are paying a heavy price because of these two genocidal states.
zločinec a terorista trump sa zase chvastá. klame až sa mu od huby práši. svetu mier a mysleniu zdar.
hardly even worth a reply .and your votes are
fudged too .
those who threatens too much but don’t do a shit – nobody will listen to them anymore.
you mean like “death to america” for 50 years ?
that was iranian message to americans:turn around and fuck off.
exactly they’ve been chanting death to america for almost 50 years.
zio war globalists they will attempt all violence possible until defeated. no way around this. they do not have the capacity to accept any position but their own
peter jennings says same .
ramses ramses ramses always the sanes scriptures from your sauce
inferior weak americunts laughed at by entire world
hahahahaha
there’s little tom horner sitting in the corner eating his turds all day
nothing new happened
the amerikunt gravy navy has hit the wall
time for a usn warship to become a reef. hehehe
the fog of war is getting foggier. what is actually happening here?
trumpy’s little boats are on a one way trip to davy jones locker.
the only reason iran held its fire was because of the talks in pakistan. iran sent a message via pakistan telling this ship to f… off. and it f….d off.
the irgc navy radio op that issued the warning had to relate it three times for them to leave.
took some perseverance to get it through to the hillbillies, exceptional creatures that they are.