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CENTCOM rejects Iranian claim that US forces left the Strait of Hormuz
“claimed that U.S. forces have abandoned the Strait of Hormuz by moving hundreds of "kilometers" away”
“FALSE”
“remain present and vigilant”
“U.S. forces and regional partners control the international waterway — clearly not Iran.”
Official post · not independently verified
Our summary
US Central Command wrote that the navy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "claimed that U.S. forces have abandoned the Strait of Hormuz by moving hundreds of "kilometers" away", and called this "FALSE". It said US forces "remain present and vigilant" and that "U.S. forces and regional partners control the international waterway — clearly not Iran." The post gives no ship numbers or locations.