US Iran Tensions: US President Donald Trump has made a big claim regarding the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said that America carried out a secret military mission to transport more than 100 million barrels of oil to the global market through the Strait of Hormuz. He also claimed that during this operation more than 200 commercial ships were successful in passing through the strait safely.

Trump shared this information on his social media platform Truth Social and later during a press briefing. He says that this campaign was conducted in a completely confidential manner.

Secret mission revealed on Truth Social

Donald Trump, posting on Truth Social, said that last month he had directed the US military to conduct a secret mission to help oil tankers and other commercial ships. “Last month, I directed our great American military to conduct a secret mission to assist oil tankers and other commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote.

He further claimed that as a result of this operation, more than 100 million barrels of oil could reach the global market and more than 200 commercial ships passed through this route safely.

Iran had no knowledge: Trump

While talking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Trump claimed that America had been extracting millions of barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz for a long time and Iran was not even aware of it. Trump said, “Now I can tell you something that no one knew before. We were extracting millions of barrels of oil and no one knew about it.” He added, “You know who didn’t know about this? Iran. At least not yet.”

Claim of evacuation of 22 ships at night

The US President claimed that recently one night, 22 ships were safely evacuated from the Strait of Hormuz without lights. According to Trump, “We evacuated 22 ships late at night without any lights because they did not have radar. We completely disabled their radar system.” However, no official confirmation has come from the US Army on this claim of Trump.

Also made claims regarding crude oil prices

Trump said that due to his efforts, crude oil prices remained under control in the international market. He claims that if this campaign had not been carried out, crude oil prices could have reached $200 per barrel, but due to American action, prices remained below $90 per barrel.

‘Project Freedom’ had started earlier also

According to reports, the US launched a military operation named “Project Freedom” in early May to provide security to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. However, this campaign was stopped after a day. Later there were reports in the American media that this mission has been restarted.

US Army had earlier denied

At the same time, the US Central Command had denied the media reports at that time, which said that the US Navy was providing escort or assistance to commercial ships. The Central Command had clarified that reports regarding the Navy escorting commercial ships or providing special assistance were not true.