‘Iran Didn’t Know’: Trump Reveals Secret US Mission That Moved 100 Million Barrels of Oil Through Hormuz
‘Iran Didn’t Know’: Trump Reveals Secret US Mission That Moved 100 Million Barrels of Oil Through Hormuz Published By, Last Updated: June 11, 2026, 07:31
‘Iran Didn’t Know’: Trump Reveals Secret US Mission That Moved 100 Million Barrels of Oil Through Hormuz Published By, Last Updated: June 11, 2026, 07:31 IST The Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil transit route and a chokepoint in the ongoing US-Iran war, has been closed by Tehran since February 28. US President Donald Trump. (Source: Reuters) United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his country has transported more than 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a secret military operation. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil transit route and a chokepoint in the ongoing US-Iran war, has been closed by Tehran since February 28. Sharing the details of the undisclosed military operation of Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Straight of Hormuz." “Today, I am pleased to announce that this effort has resulted in more than 100 MILLION Barrels of Oil making its way through the Straight, and into the Open Market. More than 200 Commercial Ships have safely travelled through the Strait.
This wildly successful effort is because the UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz — NOT Iran. Their military is defeated, and their economy is lost. It’s over for Iran!" he added. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes through this critical transit route. Trump Says Iran ‘Unaware’ Of Secret Mission Later, while speaking to the reporters at the White House, Trump gave more details of the operation and claimed that 22 ships were taken out last night with no lights, and Iran was not able to detect it because they didn’t have radar. “I’m just announcing today for the first time. We’ve been taking MILLIONS of barrels of oil! Every night, we took out oil. We have been taking out ships carrying millions of barrels of oil from Iran, and Iran was not aware of this," Trump said. “Nobody knows about it. IRAN didn’t know until right NOW! We took out 22 ships the other night, late at night with NO LIGHTS because they don’t have radar, we blasted the crap out of it," he added. “I’m going to tell you because they just figured it out.
So now that they figured it out, I can tell you it was very hard for me. I wanted to say it so badly. When it’s over, you will see oil drop to where it was before," the president said. He claimed his efforts helped keep crude oil prices under $90 a barrel, preventing them from soaring above $200. The US launched a military operation, dubbed Project Freedom, in early May to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. However, the initiative was reportedly shelved just a day after it began. Later that month, several US media outlets reported that the operation had resumed. At the time, however, US Central Command denied those reports, stating that claims the Navy had restarted “escorting or assisting commercial vessels" were false. US-Iran War On Thursday, the US carried out “additional self-defence strikes" against multiple targets in Iran for the second consecutive day. As per local reports, air defence systems were activated in the southern regions of the country, and explosions were also heard in western Tehran, Fars province, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Kish, Minab, and some areas in central Isfahan.
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