CENTCOM: US Forces Struck IRGC Minelayers in Hormuz

CENTCOM is pushing back on Iranian claims that US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz were an "act of aggression," calling the IRGC's characterization false propaganda. According to CENTCOM, US forces took limited, precise action against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps minelaying forces that posed an imminent threat to shipping in the strait. The command says Iran created the danger by attempting to plant mines, and the US military acted to eliminate that threat, protecting civilian mariners, commercial vessels, and the free flow of global trade through one of the world's most critical maritime chokepoints. CENTCOM framed the operation as defensive and necessary, directly rejecting Tehran's narrative that American forces were the aggressors in the encounter.