USA - Middle East
06/10/2026
20:37

WASHINGTON, JUNE 10 /SRNA/ – The US President Donald Trump announced that 100 million barrels of oil have reached global markets through the Strait of Hormuz since last month.
"Last month, I ordered our great US military to carry out a secret mission supporting tankers and other commercial vessels as they transited the Strait of Hormuz. Today, I am pleased to announce that this effort resulted in more than 100 million barrels of oil passing through the strait to the open market", Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform.
He added that during the same period, "more than 200 commercial ships safely traveled through the strait".
Trump described the operation as a major success and evidence that "the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz, not Iran".
"Their military is defeated, and their economy is lost. It is over for Iran"! the US president stated.



