Panic as Iran can’t open Hormuz because it can’t find missing mines
Iran are in a panic, unable to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as they’re unable to find and remove all the mines it placed in there throughout the US-Israel war, say reports. US officials told the New York Times that designated safe routes through the mines, provied by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are limited due to the government’s careless mining in the area.
The report considers that both the US and Iran don’t posess the capabilities to remove nautical mines.
Whole some mines are able to drift, it is as of yet unclear whether Iran documented each mine it put into the Strait. Amerca claimed on Wednesday that the strait was already opened up after denying reports that Iran was holding up much of the traffic and charging a toll to use the waterway. It comes as Donald Trump sparks health fears as he asks bizarre question about wife Melania.
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Over the past few days, US President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge the fact Iran was in fact blocking ships from using Hormuz.
At the same time, President Trump took to Truth Social to issue a series of posts threatening Iran.
Tehran has vowed to continue blocking traffic in the Strait until Israel ceases to stop attacking Lebanon, which mediators from Iran and Pakistan say was supposed to be part of the ceasefire.
It comes as JD Vance arrives in Pakistan for key talks aimed at peace with Iran.
The US has said there has been a “legitimate misunderstanding” on the Lebanon isue, while insisting it never agreed to include the country in the truce.
Israel has agreed to undertake formal peace talks with Lebanese representatives during talks in Washington next week, but says they are unwilling to discuss a ceasefire with Hezbolllah.
Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Michael Leiter said: “Israel refused to discuss a ceasure with the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which continues to attack Israel and is the main obstacle to peace between the two countries.”
Vice President of the US, JD Vance, is heading to Pakistan today (April 11) for high stakes negotiations to end the war, as he warned Iran not to “play”.
Boarding Air Force Two on his way to the talks, Vance said: “We’re looking forward to the negotiation, I think it’s going to be positive, we’ll, of course, see.”
The Vice President cited Donald Trump in saying: “If the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we’re certainly willing to extend the open hand.” However, he added: “If they’re going to try and play us, then they’re going to find that the negotiating team is not that receptive.”
Vance also assured that Trump “gave us some pretty clear guidelines” on how talks should proceed, but didn’t elaborate on the details of what that means.
The VP is joined on the trip by Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, and the President’s son-in-law Jared Kusher, who took part in three rounds of indirect talks with Iranian negotiators aimed at settling the US’s concerns about Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic weapons programs – before the Middle East war was launched on February 28.
The arrival of Vance in Pakistan marks a very rare high-level of US government engagement with Iran’s regime. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the most direct contact was when President Barack Obama called newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to discuss the country’s nuclear program in September 2013.