Five Killed as US Navy Attacks Iranian Missile Boats During Strait Transition

At least five people have been killed in a US attack on two cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.

The vessels carrying civilian cargo were traveling from the Omani port of Khasab to the coast of Iran. The incident became known after checking reports that the United States had sunk several Iranian boats.

Earlier, the Associated Press agency cited commander of the United States Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper as saying that US military helicopters sank six small Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran denied it, saying that not a single Iranian Navy vessel was sunk by the United States on Monday.

Two U.S. destroyers ran a gauntlet of Iranian fire to enforce Project Freedom and made it through the Strait of Hormuz, CBS reports.

USS Truxtun and USS Mason transited Hormuz into the Persian Gulf under sustained Iranian attack.

According to CBS citing defense officials, the two U.S. Navy destroyers were targeted with small boats, missiles, and drones during the passage.

The U.S. Navy responded with attacks by Apache helicopters and other aircraft. All threats were intercepted or "deterred." No projectiles reached the ships.