Trump says US conducted secret operation in Hormuz to free oil tankers

USA attacks Iran in retaliation for the downing of an American helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump stated this Wednesday (10) in a post on his social network that the USA carried out a secret mission last month to enable the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, currently blocked by Iran.
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As a result, more than 100 million barrels of oil were flown and more than 200 commercial ships made the crossing, according to Trump.
"This extremely successful effort is due to the fact that the UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz - NOT Iran. Their military forces are defeated and their economy is lost. It's over for Iran!" Trump wrote.
Trump promises another attack
Earlier, Trump said that it will attack Iran again this Wednesday (10) and that the new attack will be "very strong".
"We attacked them hard yesterday, and we're going to attack them hard again today," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House. "They should have signed an agreement."
➡ Despite the ceasefire in force, the United States and Iran returned to exchanging attacks on Tuesday (9). US forces bombed defense systems and radars in the Strait of Hormuz, and Tehran responded by launching missiles at a US base in Bahrain.
Trump claimed to have retaliated against Iran for shooting down a US military helicopter that was flying over Hormuz.
Also this Wednesday (10), through his social network Truth Social, the North American president called Iran the "bully of the Middle East" and made new threats, stating that the country will now have to "pay the price" for not having accepted a peace agreement. DEAD!!! They took too long to negotiate an agreement that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!", wrote Trump.
Shortly after the statement, the US president also gave an interview to the North American broadcaster Fox News, in which he announced that he was close to ordering new attacks on Iran's power plants and bridges.
According to a source from the Reuters news agency, Qatari negotiators traveled to Tehran this Wednesday morning in an attempt to finalize an agreement, after consultations with the States. United States.
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 10, 2026.
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Exchange of attacks
The United States carried out a series of bombings against Iranian territory on Tuesday (9), in retaliation for the downing of an Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz region the previous day.
Iran, in turn, responded with attacks on the US Fifth Naval Fleet, stationed in Bahrain, according to state media.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard spoke in a "forceful" response, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "no attack will go unanswered" and said that the Americans would "leave the region if they want to be safe."
"U.S. Central Command (Centcom) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. of the Commander-in-Chief [Donald Trump], in response to the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter yesterday. The mission is a proportionate response to unjustified Iranian aggression," Centcom said in a statement posted on social media.
Subsequently, Centcom claimed to have targeted Iranian air defense targets, control stations and radars controlling the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump accuses Iran of shooting down a US helicopter
The bombing took place hours ago. after US President Donald Trump accused Iran of shooting down the helicopter and promised a response. "I think it's very important to respond. (...) This is a response to what they did to our helicopter last night, and I believe the response must be very strong, very powerful - and that is what it is," Trump told ABC broadcaster after the attack began. Read more about the incident below.
US forces attacked several air defense and radar systems in the Strait of Hormuz region - a strategic route for global oil trade, which Iran closed at the start of the war and Washington is trying to reopen -, a US official told the website Axios.
Iranian missiles are launched as Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it carried out strikes against an American base in Jordan and 21 other targets in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes in the Strait of Hormuz The image, released on June 10, 2026, was taken from a video still from a location identified as Tehran, Iran
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Several state news agencies such as Irib, Isna and Mehr stated that attacks were recorded on the island of Qeshm, in Hormuz, and in the cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Kohstak and Minab, in the south of the country, but so far they speak of an "unknown origin".
Minutes after the US attack, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said that "just as we warned hours before, Iran will give a forceful response to the aggression of the USA." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the country "will not leave any attack or threat unanswered".
It is not yet known how the US retaliatory attack will impact the fragile ceasefire in the conflict, in force since the beginning of April, and will influence the negotiations to end the conflict. A US official told CNN International that Tuesday's attack was a warning to Iran and the Trump administration believes that this will harm negotiations to end the war.
Even with this Tuesday's attack, The US is still seeking a resolution to the conflict, and Trump said on Monday that negotiations for an agreement were "in the final phase". The truce in the war was also violated by Israel and Iran in recent days, in an exchange of bombings criticized by Trump.

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