Hyderabad, Aug. 25 -- US President Donald Trump has said all mines have been removed or detonated from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran that any ship or boat attempting to lay new mines will be "immediately and systematically destroyed".

In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, August 25, Trump said he had been informed by the US Navy that the mines had been cleared from the strategic waterway. He said Iran had been notified of Washington's position and that the US was enforcing a "Zero Tolerance" policy on mine placement.

Trump also said the US Space Force was monitoring "every square inch" of the Strait, as well as what he described as Pickaxe Mountain and three other nuclear sites that had already been destroyed....