US officials claim Iran unable to find mines it laid in strait of Hormuz, report says
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US officials claim Iran is unable to locate and remove mines it laid in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil supply. This inability is hindering negotiations between the US and Iran in Islamabad aimed at ending the war. The US demands the strait's immediate opening as a condition for sustaining the current ceasefire, while Iran's Foreign Minister alluded to "technical limitations" in demining. Iran mined the strait last month following a declaration of war by the US and Israel, disrupting maritime traffic. The US lacks precise knowledge of the mines' locations, and neither country currently possesses the capacity for rapid demining, further complicating the situation and threatening to derail truce talks.
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AI-ExtractedAbbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, previously said that the strait would be opened “with due consideration of technical limitations”.
A senior Revolutionary Guards official said on 2 March the country would set ships “ablaze” if they tried to traverse the strait.
The opening of the strait of Hormuz is a primary demand of the US to end the war in Iran.
Iran is unable to find the mines it laid in the strait of Hormuz.
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