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

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[–] 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.