Why Hormuz remains high risk for ships despite US claims of mine-clearing
US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US Navy has removed or detonated all sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterway in the Gulf which Iran effectively closed after the US and Israel first launched attacks on the country nearly six months ago. “Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed,” Trump declared in a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.
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- Fact 1: Locked inside: Grief and anger as Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns Why northern Mozambique’s surging violence is worsening displacement crisis Children in Gaza fear flying their kites after Israeli threat Bodies of missing people found in Korea becomes national scandal But on Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the strait remains closed, despite a temporary transit-route agreement with Oman, while he dismissed Trump’s claim that all mines had been cleared.
- Fact 2: Before the war began, approximately 130 ships passed through the strait each day, transporting about one-fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supplies from Gulf producers.
- Fact 3: According to a report published by S&P Global in July, since the war began, war-risk insurance costs for ships traversing the waterway have soared from between 1 and 3 percent of a ship’s hull value to between 7.5 and 10 percent of hull value.
- Fact 4: On May 30, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre warned shipping operators to exercise caution after an “object suspected to be a floating mine” was sighted near its side of the strait.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US Navy has removed or detonated all sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterway in the Gulf which Iran effectively closed after the US and Israel first launched attacks on the country nearly six months ago. “Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed,” Trump declared in a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.
Locked inside: Grief and anger as Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns Why northern Mozambique’s surging violence is worsening displacement crisis Children in Gaza fear flying their kites after Israeli threat Bodies of missing people found in Korea becomes national scandal But on Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the strait remains closed, despite a temporary transit-route agreement with Oman, while he dismissed Trump’s claim that all mines had been cleared. “No one except Iran knows the location of these mines,” Gharibabadi said, dismissing Trump’s comments as “only aimed at calming the markets” and warning that US mine-detection vessels entering the area would become “very good targets”. Meanwhile, in addition to agreeing on a new transit route for ships crossing through the strait, Iran and Oman have agreed to implement a joint project to clear mines from the strait, according to a statement from the two countries this week.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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