Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Says No US Warships Remain in Persian Gulf

The claim matters less as a naval fact than as a messaging move: it comes from the IRGC via a state-aligned outlet, and no independent confirmation is offered, so its value is largely in how it shapes perceptions of US posture in the Gulf. For energy and shipping markets, the Strait of Hormuz remains the reference point, and any real change in US presence there would touch insurance and freight sentiment well beyond the region. The open question is whether this is a durable repositioning or a rhetorical claim, and whether Washington or Gulf states respond in kind.