US President Donald Trump declared that US armed forces have "destroyed and sunk" nine Iranian naval vessels, some of them described as "relatively large and important".
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that US naval operations have severely damaged the capabilities of the Iranian navy and that Iran's main naval headquarters has been "largely destroyed."
“ I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Navy ships, some of them relatively large and important. We are going after the rest — they will soon be floating to the bottom of the sea, too! In another attack, we have largely destroyed their naval headquarters. In addition, their Navy is doing very well ,” he said.
His statements come at a time of escalating conflict between the US and Iran, where clashes have ranged from air strikes on Tehran to naval operations in the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic corridor for global oil trade.
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