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US president Donald Trump has claimed to have “obliterated” 158 Iranian ships as part of the US blockade of Iranian shores. “Iran’s navy is laying at the bottom of the sea,” he wrote on social media platform Truth

He says that what they have not hit are Iran’s “fast attack ships”, because they are not considered “much of a threat” to the US blockade. He threatened to take down these ships using the same “system of kill” used against “drug dealers on boats”.

“Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea. It is quick and brutal,” he wrote – capitalising the words “blockade” and “eliminated”.

He added at the end: “P.S. 98.2% of Drugs coming into the U.S. by Ocean or Sea have stopped! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”