Why Hormuz remains high risk for ships despite US claims of mine-clearing

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US Navy has removed or detonated all sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterway in the Gulf which Iran effectively closed after the US and Israel first launched attacks on the country nearly six months ago.“Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed,” Trump declared in a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Locked inside: Grief and anger as Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newbornslist 2 of 4Why northern Mozambique’s surging violence is worsening displacement crisislist 3 of 4Children in Gaza fear flying their kites after Israeli threatlist 4 of 4Bodies of missing people found in Korea becomes national scandalend of listBut on Wednesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the strait remains closed, despite a temporary transit-route agreement with Oman, while he dismissed Trump’s claim that all mines had been cleared.“No one except Iran knows the location of these mines,” Gharibabadi said, dismissing Trump’s comments as “only aimed at calming the markets” and warning that US mine-detect...