Tehran claimed early Sunday an unmanned U.S. vessel seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz was hit by Iranian forces in the latest escalation of conflict roiling the key international waterway.
U.S. Central Command, which oversees the U.S. military operations in the Middle East, did not immediately confirm or deny the purported attack, AP reports.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed it laid mines in international and Omani waters in the strait.
The International Maritime Organization in June said about 80 had been placed in vital shipping lanes but have seen been removed or neutralised by U.S. Navy operations.
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