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To avoid risk of mines, Navy directs ships on path farther from Iran in Strait of Hormuz
Washington — The U.S. military is directing commercial ships toward a route in the Strait of Hormuz farther from Iran that the Navy has spent weeks clearing. The U.S. warns that transiting the normal route could be "extremely hazardous" because of mines laid in the strait by Iran.
TL;DR
- The U.S. military is directing commercial ships to a route in the Strait of Hormuz farther from Iran due to mines.
- The U.S. warns that the normal route could be "extremely hazardous" because of mines laid by Iran.
- Project Freedom is an operation to coordinate commercial ships through a cleared path in the strait.
- The Pentagon displayed a graphic indicating Iran laid new mines on April 23.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that attempting to sink commercial vessels or lay mines is illegal.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that laying more mines would be a violation of the ceasefire.
- Two U.S. commercial ships have left the Persian Gulf since Project Freedom began, out of 1,550 commercial vessels stuck in the Gulf.
- Iran states its threat is a response to the bombing and will continue until the U.S. ends its blockade on Iranian ports.