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    Quellen zufolge beginnt der Iran mit der Verlegung von Minen in der Straße von Hormus

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    1. iia on

      Can’t really blame them, tbf. Forces the rest of the world to have to reckon with the fact that the US and Israel, two rogue nuclear states, declared war with zero legal backing.

    2. cnn on

      [Iran has begun laying mines](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/politics/iran-begins-laying-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit) in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.

      The mining is not extensive yet, with a few dozen having been laid in recent days, the sources said. But Iran still retains upward of 80% to 90% of its small boats and mine layers, one of the sources said, so its forces could feasibly lay hundreds of mines in the waterway.

      Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which now effectively controls the strait along with Iran’s traditional navy, has the capability to deploy a “gauntlet” of dispersed mine-laying craft, explosive-laden boats and shore-based missile batteries, CNN has reported.

      The IRGC previously warned that any ship passing through the strait would be attacked, and the channel has effectively been closed since the start of the war. The state of the strait has been described to CNN as a “death valley” given the risks involved in transiting.

      US officials said today that the US Navy had not escorted any vessels through the strait, though President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration was looking at options to do so.

    3. thistimelineisweird on

      Yeah the Strait is now fucked over for years/decades thanks to Pedo Pres.

    5. def_indiff on

      I guess if we didn’t want that, we shouldn’t have started the fucking war.

    6. Bubbly-Two-3449 on

      US needs to eliminate tariffs on solar/batteries/evs and restart those wind and solar projects that Trump blocked.

    7. Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out on

      I look forward to seeing how this will somehow lead to the price of crude to inexplicably go down. The market makes no sense.

      Wells are being capped, more and more oil/gas infrastructure is catching strays in the Gulf, Iraq the 2nd largest Gulf exporter is having a bunch of their oil infrastructure destroyed, ships are being targeted, countries are refusing to dip into their reserves.

      You couple all that plus the fact summer is around the corner and prices at the pump won’t be going down anytime soon.

    8. Question_It_All_3000 on

      Well at least the r/stocks was cheering about one Greek oil hauler getting through.

    9. TheBoggart on

      And yet oil is down to almost $85 a barrel after Trump’s vague “the war is almost complete” comment yesterday. Nothing makes sense anymore.

    11. ObligationAware3755 on

      Does this mean that the US Navy will bring their retiring Minesweepers out of Sasebo to go to Iran?

    14. Competitive-Yak-3785 on

      How difficult are these mines to remove? Do we have that capability? What is the force of the mines? Could they sink one of our naval ships? Thanks for any answers, I’m not familiar with this subject area and am curious.

    15. bubbleguts365 on

      So when does Trump declare an emergency on gas prices and find some absolutely illegal way to drop the sanctions on Russian oil?

    17. jigsaw_earth860 on

      They didn’t get the memo that the war is over or close to over huh? That surprises me

    18. Kaosi1 on

      On one hand it feel like the most obvious thing Iran *would* do when facing an asymmetrical war and so intelligent people should have thought about it and how to deal with it, on the other… yeah.

    19. Cardocthian on

      Dont worry guys,

      Trump will make sure he and his family are ok!

      The rest of us can go get F’ed

    20. GG1817 on

      Planting spring crops will be difficult without 30% to 50% of the fertilizer the world depends upon.

      Thanks Donald.

    21. MJcorrieviewer on

      It’s crazy that Trump thinks he gets to decide when this war ends. It’s not as if the US can decide to go home and the fighting will just stop.

    22. turtle75377 on

      one of the best ways to lay mines is to put up a sign that says „mines here“ and then don’t put any mines out.

      Anyone want to take the chance?

    24. Solerien on

      Whether it’s true or not isn’t important. No ship is going to be dumb enough to risk it

    25. riseoftheph0enix on

      Americans have Trump and his pathetic, childish administration to thank for that.

    27. mildurajackaroo on

      Of course they will do this.
      They are in an existential war and I assume, now the people are rallying behind the new regime

      If America backs off, this is a strategic win for Iran.
      Wonder if America even has enough missiles to continue the bombing campaign for another 2 weeks.

    29. Auzziesurferyo on

      The USA hasn’t won a war game against Iran in the last 30 yrs, unless we cheat at the game, or drop a nuke. That’s why no other US president was stupid enough to start this war.

      Trump fucked all of us. Best case, he tanked the world economy. Worst case, he started WW3.

    30. OG_2_tone420 on

      I bet the “source” is a Trump admin official.

      They say “mines are out”. Now they can have justification in the media for using even bigger weapons in Iran. Trump threatened publicly that if Iran messes with the strait, he will bring even more death etc.

      Plus don’t kid yourselves this admin does not care about economics in America. They want chaos, it pays further. Plus politics do not matter since everything is rigged and fixed from here on out, so polling does not matter.

      Way to go America, we did it. We fucked ourselves good and plenty.

    31. PolicyWonka on

      What was that thing that Kegseth said? FAFO?

      Over in their safe space, they’re talking about how the U.S. already secured the strait and everything is fine. Lmao

    32. zzzyyyxxxqqq on

      From the article: President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that “if Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!”

      This guy, he breaks me up 🤣

    34. hoffman4 on

      Farmer friend from Arkansas just told me fertilizer (nitrogen) just spiked up 25% because of Strait closure. It’s planting season, prices will increase at harvest. More farmers will go broke.

    35. HousingOk6362 on

      Sooo Donnie’s awesome plan was to bomb a few things and scare Iran into giving us light crude to mix with Venezuela’s heavy crude. Guess they didn’t plan on the whole „Shut the Fuck Up, Donnie.“ part.

    38. Big_Bookkeeper1678 on

      Gee, are we surprised? Just wait until the terrorist attacks start. Trump knew. He just doesn’t care, as long as Putin can sell oil for more money. We may even buy some.

      Every gallon of oil we buy from Russia kills innocent Ukranians.

    39. Whornz4 on

      Mines take decades to completely clean up. Get ready for prices to double if not triple. 

    40. siromega37 on

      All of this because to distract from Epstein. GOP deserves whatever political bloodbath is coming.

    42. THSSFC on

      >“if Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!”

      I mean, WTF?

      „If Germany is sending any bombers over London, we want them sent back IMMEDIATELY“, said Churchill, blindingly obviously.

      Does Trump even get the *fucking* concept of „war“?

    46. 7ECA on

      Iran doesn’t have to lay any mines. They just have to say they did and maritime insurance fees will go so high that it will be as effective as if they had

    47. Fl0riduh_Man on

      Is this true?

      Could be

      That’s enough to ensure ship crews/ owners/ insurance carriers aren’t going to take a chance for someone else’s oil.

      Any competent military analyst could have told you this would be the inevitable outcome of Operation Epstein Distraction, but the junta fired those people already 

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