Iran's 28 mine-laying boats have been sunk.
Open Claimed by Government of the United States on 11 April 2026.
The statement
Trump said Iran had no cards beyond short-term disruption of international waterways, that its 28 mine-laying boats were on the seabed, and that whether or not a deal was reached made no difference because the US had won.
- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | 2026-11-03 | 2027-01-11 | Checked in the one-time pass of 30 Oct 2026: still open. The record holds US accounts of strikes on Iranian minelaying vessels (ev-20261027-w2eb) but no independent count of Iran's minelaying boats or how many were sunk. Next check on the ladder from 2026-04-11 (7 days, 30 days, then quarterly). |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-x3ba, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-x3ba/