US warship hit by two missiles near Hormuz Strait, Iran claims

The US has denied reports from Iranian media that a Navy ship was hit by two missiles near the Strait of Hormuz.

Fars news agency, a semi-official outlet, claimed the attack took place on a frigate close to the port of Jask which lies at the southern end of the Strait.

The Iranian armed forces had warned foreign navies to stay away from the vital waterway, after Donald Trump suggested yesterday the US would help to guide ships from around the world through Iran’s blockade.

His initiative would begin ‘Monday morning Middle East time’ and be dubbed ‘Project Freedom’, the US President wrote on his Truth Social platform.

According to Fars, the US warship was forced to turn around and sail away from the area.

However, US Central Command denied the reports from the Iranian news outlet.

In a post on X, the body said: ‘No US Navy ships have been struck.

‘US forces are supporting Project Freedom and enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports.’

Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday: ‘For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on with their business.

‘Again, these are Ships from areas of the World that are not in any way involved with that which is currently taking place in the Middle East.’

Central Command has said 15,000 service members will be involved in the initiative to restore freedom of navigation, along with guided-missile destroyers and more than 100 land and sea-based aircraft.

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