CENTCOM rejected three IRGC claims made in the past 24 hours that it had seized
control of the Strait of Hormuz, that a merchant vessel had been mined, and that
US forces suffered mass casualties. CENTCOM said US and regional partners retain
control of the strait and commercial traffic continues; the main channel is not
blocked by sea mines and more than 40 vessels transited in the past 24 hours. On
the IRGC assertion that a Singapore‑flagged container ship struck a mine,
CENTCOM said the GFS Pride was struck by IRGC gunfire, sank while being towed to
shore, and was not mined. CENTCOM also denied IRGC claims that hundreds of US
personnel were killed in Jordan, saying three US service members were killed in
July while partner forces reppelled an Iranian attack.
