US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all naval mines had been removed or detonated from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. He said the US Navy had informed him of the development and warned Iran that any vessel found placing new mines in the waterway would be immediately and systematically destroyed. Trump described the US position as a “zero tolerance” policy toward any further mining of the strait. The announcement is the latest US assertion that American forces have secured one of the world's most strategically important maritime passages, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.