Two American-flagged merchant vessels have passed through Strait of Hormuz – USA; It’s a lie – Iran

The Donald Trump administration of United States of America said on Monday May 4, 2026 that two of its flagged vessels successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

This was said in a statement by the country’s military, but Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) debunked the American statement and dismissed it as “baseless,” according to state media.

This was yet another information that the Trump administration would issue that the world turn around to find to be false. Recall Trump himself has repeatedly announced decimation and total destruction of Iran’s government and military as well as all its nuclear power projects, leaving watchers of the international events to ask what then is he requiring talks with Iran for and why is he still threatening to completely ruin the Islamic Republic that does not belong to his country.

The IRGC said no commercial vessels or oil tankers have transited the strategic waterway in recent hours, rejecting statements by US officials as “baseless” and “outright lies,” according to a statement carried by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency.

Another “lie” the US had told in one day was its earlier denial of Iranian media reports that a US ship was hit by missiles from Iran after failing to heed the warning of its military guards stationed for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied that two-American flagged vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz today, despite US Central Command saying the merchant vessels successfully passed through earlier.

The Iranian navy said it fired warning shots near US Navy destroyers operating near the Strait of Hormuz. The navy “detected US destroyers near the Strait of Hormuz and issued warnings, including firing warning shots, cautioning of the consequences of what it described as risky actions,” according to the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).