The United States has not found any mines in the Strait of Hormuz, nor destroyed any mines or recorded damage to ships there, according to a US official quoted by the Associated Press.
The comments were made in an AP report on British sailors preparing to take part in a mine-clearing mission in the strategic waterway.
The official said US forces had not detected mines, had not conducted mine-destruction operations and had not identified any vessels damaged by mines in the strait, a key route for global oil shipments.
