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French ship crosses Strait of Hormuz after Macron backs Iran's sovereignty (www.wionews.com)

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Does this mean that Iran haven't mined the straight? Or did the ship just get lucky?

[–] MrSmoothPP@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

I don't think it's ever been confirmed the strait was mined by Iran. We know China is allowed to pass through without a problem.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would Iran mine the strait?

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mines don't need to be maintained actively, so it would make sense if Iran were about to lose its capacity to sink ships in the strait by other means. As the US said would happen a few weeks ago.

So US media said Iran would or did mine the strait. And sometimes people believe propaganda even if they know better than to trust it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Right, that was the point I was making there. The only scenario where it would make sense for Iran to mine the strait would be if they couldn't control it otherwise, and it's pretty clear they're in firm control right now.