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A projectile approaches what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an Iranian naval vessel, during strikes that included attacks on mine-laying vessels, at a location given as “near the Strait of Hormuz”.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) that “we won” the Iran war but that the United States will stay in the fight to finish the job.
“You never like to say too early you won. We won,” Mr. Trump told a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky. “In the first hour it was over.”
He also said the United States had knocked out 58 Iranian naval ships. This came just hours after he said the figure was 28 mine-laying ships
“We hit 28 mine ships as of this moment,” Mr. Trump told reporters during a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio.
On Tuesday(March 11, 2026), the U.S. military gave a figure of 16 mine-laying boats being destroyed as Tehran seeks to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic amid the war.
Mr. Trump has seesawed on Iran, crediting the U.S. military for significantly degrading Iran’s military but resisting a speedy end to the conflict.
“We don’t want to leave early do we?” Mr. Trump said. “We got to finish the job.”
He said the United States has “virtually destroyed Iran.” He seemed to signal that the U.S. would continue the fight for now.
“We don’t want to go back every two years,” he said.
Published – March 12, 2026 02:16 am IST
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‘We won, but don’t want to leave early,’ Trump says; U.S. have knocked out 58 Iranian mine-laying ships so far
