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US President Donald Trump claims the US Navy “removed and/or detonated” all mines within the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, and warns that “any new ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed”.
Sardar Mohebi, spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), says the United States resorting to economic warfare against Iran is itself proof of defeat on the battlefield, according to Iranian state media.
