Iran dismisses US claims of control over Hormuz Strait, says it laid more naval mines
Iran dismisses US claims of control over Hormuz Strait, says it laid more naval mines The spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said that it laid more naval mines south of Strait of Hormuz, dismissing US claims of control over the strategic passage. "During last night's operation, more naval mines were laid along the illicit routes south of the Strait of Hormuz; The only…
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters spokesperson dismissed US claims of control over the strategic Hormuz Strait, stating that they had laid more naval mines south of the waterway. During the recent operation, additional naval mines were deployed along the illicit routes south of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Ebrahim Zolfaghari, who made the claim on X. He mocked the Trump administration's attempts to label the waterway with US ownership through Photoshop, suggesting that CENTCOM's only recourse was to rename the Strait using digital means.
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