US Strikes Seven Iranian Boats, As Tensions Spike In Strait Of Hormuz

‎ US has striked seven Iranian boats as tensions spike in Strait of Hormuz.
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‎NewsRain Nigeria reports that President Donald Trump says the US struck seven Iranian “fast boats” after vowing to help stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz
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‎Iran’s military said it fired warning shots at American warships. The US Central Command denies a claim in Iranian state media that Iranian missiles hit a US destroyer – here’s what we’ve heard
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‎Meanwhile, the US says Navy destroyers and US-flagged merchant ships have sailed through the waterway, with Iran claiming this is “entirely false”
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‎Elsewhere, the UAE says it is defending itself against “missile and drone attacks originating from Iran” – Tehran has yet to comment
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‎Officials say a drone attack has sparked a large fire at the UAE’s biggest oil port, in Fujairah
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‎ Shipping company Maersk has told the BBC that one of its US-flagged commercial vessels has successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz under US military protection.
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‎In a statement, Maersk says the transit was “completed without incident, and all crew members are safe and unharmed”.
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‎The Alliance Fairfax, it says, had been unable to leave the Gulf since February 2026, when conflict between Iran and the US began.
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‎Maersk says it was contacted by the US military and offered support. After the “development of a comprehensive security plan”, the vessel was cleared to leave, according to the statement.
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‎The shipping company says the ship then exited the Gulf “accompanied by US military assets” and thanks them for their “professionalism and effective coordination” in making the operation possible.
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‎Earlier, US Central Command said two US-flagged merchant vessels had “successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz”. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has called the US claim “outright lies”.
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‎US Central Command (Centcom) says it has used helicopters to destroy Iranian small boats.
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‎It follows US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US has struck seven Iranian small boats as it works to open the Strait of Hormuz.
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‎”Earlier today, Sea Hawk and U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters were used to eliminate Iranian small boats threatening commercial shipping”, Centcom writes in a social media update.
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‎Iran is yet to respond to the claims.

AFP
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