US energy secretary deletes post about Navy escorting vessel through Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday deleted a post on X in which had said the U.S. Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz "to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets."

It was unclear why Wright deleted the post.

Commenting on Wright's remarks, a spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards denied an oil ship had been escorted by U.S. army through the Strait of Hormuz.

"Any movement of the US fleet and its allies will be stopped by our missiles and drones", Alimohammad Naini said in comments carried by Iranian state media.

"The claim that an oil tanker escorted by the US terrorist army passed through the Strait of Hormuz is a complete lie," Naini said, according to state media.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart in Washington and Elwely Elwelly in Dubai; editing by Michelle Nichols and Chris Reese)