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Trump Says Iran Navy Is Effectively Crippled, Threatens Immediate Destruction Near Blockade Zone
Minseung Kang
Summary
- President Donald Trump said Iran's naval capabilities had been largely neutralized and outlined a hard-line response policy.
- Trump said 158 Iranian naval vessels had sunk to the seabed and claimed that only some fast attack craft remained.
- Trump said vessels approaching the blockade zone would be destroyed immediately and stressed that maritime interdiction would be carried out rapidly and forcefully.
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President Donald Trump claimed most of Iran's naval capabilities had been disabled and signaled a hard-line response to any attempt at a maritime blockade.
On June 13, Trump wrote on Truth Social that "the Iranian Navy has been completely destroyed" and that 158 vessels had sunk to the seabed.
He added that some fast attack craft were not struck because they were deemed to pose a lower level of threat. Those vessels would be destroyed immediately if they approached the blockade zone, he wrote.
Trump also said maritime interdiction would be carried out rapidly and forcefully, using the same approach applied to drug-smuggling vessels at sea.
Minseung Kang
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