''Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO,'' US Central Command (CENTCOM) wrote on X.
''The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over.
''Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. U.S. forces will continue to defend it.''
The US military said that it had taken out Iran's large drone carrier ship, which the regime launched in February 2025.
The IRIS Shahid Bagheri, the first of its kind in Iran's navy, was hit on Saturday as US forces shot down rumors going viral on social media claiming that the Islamic Theocratic
Republichad sunk an American aircraft carrier.
''The Iranian regime's false messaging machine continues to falsely claim that it has sunk a US aircraft carrier. The only carrier that has been hit is the Shahid Bagheri, an Iranian drone carrier,'' CENTCOM said.
The IRIS Shahid Bagheri was deployed to the Persian Gulf last month as a response to the growing American naval fleet in the region before war broke out on Saturday.
The extent of the damage against the Iranian vessel remains unclear, with unverified reports claiming it was sunk.
The IRIS Shahid Bagheri was previously a merchant ship before being converted into a drone aircraft carrier in 2024, according to reports.
Images of the ship quickly went viral that year after Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) suggested that an Iranian drone ''mothership'' was operating off the coast of New Jersey. The Shahid Bagheri is believed to be one of at least three drone vessels that Iran
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controls, with the other two being the Shahid Roudaki and Shahid Mahdavi, both of which are smaller and less advanced.
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That same day, Iranian officials said the government was allowing ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz "until further notice," but that U.S. military personnel and their equipment remained legitimate targets for the Iranian military.
Meanwhile, the largest container carrier, Maersk, suspended all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for an indefinite period, and a Palau-flagged oil tanker came under fire off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, caught fire, and began to sink. Several hundred tankers anchored at the entrance to the strait, through which approximately 15-20% of the world's oil passes.