{"id":979,"date":"2026-05-26T04:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=979"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:07:05","slug":"us-launches-self-defense-strikes-on-mine-laying-boats-in-southern-iran-centcom-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=979","title":{"rendered":"US launches self-defense strikes on mine-laying boats in southern Iran, CENTCOM says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US military launched \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d against Iranian boats that were reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz Monday, according to Central Command.<\/p>\n

CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said US military \u201celiminated\u201d two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats that were seen setting mines in the strait, and also took out a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas,\u00a0according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The missile site based at Iran\u2019s primary naval station was reportedly targeting US warplanes, Hawkins said. He insisted that the \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d were conducted \u201cto protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,\u201d Hawkins said in a statement obtained by the outlet.<\/p>\n

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The US military launched \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d against Iranian boats that were reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz Monday.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The US strikes \u2014 and mine-laying efforts by the IRGC \u2014 are both violations of a tenuous cease-fire that appears on the cusp of being extended after a framework to end the Iran war surfaced following whirlwind negotiations over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The tentative deal between Washington and Tehran, which was brokered by Pakistan, would reopen the strait without tolls, end the fighting for 60 days and begin a short window to negotiate an end to the\u00a0Islamic Republic\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>.<\/p>\n