Iran-US war latest: US claims it has sunk six Iranian small boats as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz

Liveupdated{"lang":"en","timestamp":1777950056}NewsWorldMiddle EastIran-US war latest: US claims it has sunk six Iranian small boats as tensions rise in Strait of HormuzThe US president vowed to free commercial ships stranded in the waterway as part of so-called ‘Project Freedom’Maroosha Muzaffar Tuesday 05 May 2026 04:00 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2970388","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-strait-of-hormuz-missiles-uae-b2970388.html","title":"Iran latest: US claims to sink six Iranian small boats"}}CloseTrump tells Fox that Iran will be 'blown off the face of the earth' if military targets ships in StraitOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourc...