It¡¯s becoming increasingly evident that Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the U.K., as Iran¡¯s new supreme leader used his first comments to the media to say the critical waterway should stay closed.
¡°The reports have become clearer and clearer,¡± U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey told reporters at Britain¡¯s military headquarters in North London, ¡°the Iranians may have started mining in the strait.¡±
That¡¯s despite the fact that on Wednesday night in the U.S. President Donald Trump said ¡°we don¡¯t think so¡± to reporters who asked whether Iran had mined Hormuz. Iran¡¯s deputy foreign minister also said Iran wasn¡¯t laying mines.
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