Hosein Mahbi, a spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, regarding U.S. officials’ remarks about clearing war mines in the Strait of Hormuz, told the defense news website Defapress: “No war mines have been cleared in the Strait of Hormuz, and this claim is outright false.”

Mahbi continued on Monday, 18 Aban: “No one dares to enter the Strait of Hormuz in order to carry out mine-clearing.”

The IRGC spokesman added: “You should ask the U.S. president how you have control over the Strait of Hormuz, while every day several incidents occur for ships in this strait?”