WASHINGTON (TNND) — Iran has reportedly started laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to CNN.
The mining is still in its beginning stages, and a few dozen have been laid in recent days. However, Iran still holds 80% to 90% of its small boats and mine layers, according to a source to CNN. Its forces could likely lay hundreds of mines in the waterway.
Allegedly, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps can deploy a “gauntlet” of dispersed mine-laying, boats and shore-based missile batteries.
Earlier on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Iran is “badly losing on day 10” of Operation Epic Fury as the United States prepares what he described as the most intense wave of strikes yet.
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Iranian officials have vowed defiance in response to the U.S.-led campaign. After Trump warned that Iran would be hit “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if it disrupted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian security official Ali Larijani fired back on X.
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