Trump denied that the United States has data on Iran's mining of the Strait of Hormuz.

On March 10, US President Donald Trump said that Washington had no information about Tehran's mining of the Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier in the day, CBS News White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs reported that American intelligence officers allegedly began receiving information about possible mining of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran.

"US intelligence agents [allegedly] began receiving information that Iran was taking steps to place mines in the shipping channel of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran uses small vessels, each of which can carry from two to three mines," the journalist wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Trump, in turn, wrote on the Truth Social network that if Iran had planted mines, they should be "immediately defused." However, he stressed that the United States does not have such information.

To sail or not to sail: what means does Iran have to blockade the Strait of Hormuz

The loss of the fleet will not be critical for Tehran, experts believe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 9 that oil production, which is tied to the Strait of Hormuz, risks stopping completely in the coming month. The Russian leader noted that the storage facilities in the region are already being filled with oil that cannot be exported, and the route itself is actually closed.

The head of the US Department of Energy, Chris Wright, said on March 6 that the American side would initially focus on reducing Iran's ability to strike Middle Eastern countries and American forces in the region, and only then would it begin escorting ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNN reported on March 10 that Wright announced the passage of a tanker with the support of the Navy through the blocked Strait of Hormuz, but later deleted the message. A CNN source refutes the statement by the head of the US Department of Energy, noting that the US Navy has not yet escorted any tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

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