Senior Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei claimed on Sunday that Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz, and will soon announce a new “restricted area” in the Persian Gulf that ships will only be allowed to pass through with permission from Tehran.
The U.S. military made surprising announcements in August that most of Iran’s sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz had been removed, and millions of barrels of oil were now moving through the strait under U.S. Navy protection. Some estimates showed traffic levels returning to half, or even two-thirds, of their prewar level.
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