The US military on Monday rejected claims that Iran had struck one of its Navy vessels, calling the allegations false as American forces remained active in waters near the Strait of Hormuz.

The denial followed reports circulating in the region alleging an Iranian attack on a Navy ship.

Earlier, state TV reported that Iran’s navy prevented “American-Zionist” warships from entering the Strait of Hormuz, while the Fars news agency said two missiles had hit a US warship near Jask island after it ignored Iranian warnings.

According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, two missiles struck a US Navy frigate near the Strait of Hormuz after it allegedly ignored warnings from Iranian forces.

The report said the vessel was operating near Jask and was accused of violating maritime traffic and security regulations while attempting to transit the strategic waterway.

The ship was unable to continue its route following the strike and turned back from the area, the agency said, citing local news sources.

Reuters could not independently verify ​the reports, and there was no immediate response from the United States.

Iran had warned US ​forces on Monday not to enter the strategic waterway after President Donald Trump said ⁠the United States would “guide out” ships stranded in the Gulf by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Trump gave few ​details of the plan to aid ships and their crews that have been confined to the vital waterway ​and are running low on food and other supplies for more than two months into the conflict.

“We have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on ​with their business,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site on Sunday.

In response, Iran’s unified ​command told commercial ships and oil tankers to refrain from any movement that was not coordinated with Iran’s military.

“We have ‌repeatedly ⁠said the security of the Strait of Hormuz is in our hands and that the safe passage of vessels needs to be coordinated with the armed forces,” Ali Abdollahi, head of the forces’ unified command, said in the statement.

“We warn that any foreign armed forces, especially the aggressive US Army, will be attacked if ​they intend to approach and ​enter the Strait of ⁠Hormuz.”

Iran has blocked nearly all shipping into and out of the Gulf apart from its own since the start of the war, cutting off around a ​fifth of the world’s oil and gas shipments and sending oil prices soaring by ​50% or more.

US ⁠Central Command, which for its part is blockading Iranian ports to put pressure on Tehran, said it would support the rescue effort with 15,000 military personnel and more than 100 land- and sea-based aircraft, plus warships and ⁠drones.

“Our support ​for this defensive mission is essential to regional security and ​the global economy as we also maintain the naval blockade,” Admiral Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander, said in a statement.