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.
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.
thistimelineisweird on
Yeah the Strait is now fucked over for years/decades thanks to Pedo Pres.
VladtheInhaler999 on
We literally playing battleship in 2026.
def_indiff on
I guess if we didn’t want that, we shouldn’t have started the fucking war.
Bubbly-Two-3449 on
US needs to eliminate tariffs on solar/batteries/evs and restart those wind and solar projects that Trump blocked.
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.
Question_It_All_3000 on
Well at least the r/stocks was cheering about one Greek oil hauler getting through.
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.
ImpossibleZizi on
Thanks to USA we are going back to jungle laws.
reddittorbrigade on
We won’t be in this mess without all Trump voters.
masterchief6913 on
Damn, Iran literally calling everybody’s bluff
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?
jigsaw_earth860 on
They didn’t get the memo that the war is over or close to over huh? That surprises me
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.
Cardocthian on
Dont worry guys,
Trump will make sure he and his family are ok!
The rest of us can go get F’ed
GG1817 on
Planting spring crops will be difficult without 30% to 50% of the fertilizer the world depends upon.
Thanks Donald.
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.
Solerien on
Whether it’s true or not isn’t important. No ship is going to be dumb enough to risk it
riseoftheph0enix on
Americans have Trump and his pathetic, childish administration to thank for that.
futuriztic on
Seems detrimental to the price of eggs, what say you maga?
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.
Lizzerfly on
Bye bye Dubai
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.
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.
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
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 🤣
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.
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.
ranhalt on
Talk about dire straits.
jm15co on
How can the right support Russia making money on this situation?
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.
OrganizedChaos1979 on
Thank Trump for fucking up the world for everyone else, too.
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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.
[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.
Yeah the Strait is now fucked over for years/decades thanks to Pedo Pres.
We literally playing battleship in 2026.
I guess if we didn’t want that, we shouldn’t have started the fucking war.
US needs to eliminate tariffs on solar/batteries/evs and restart those wind and solar projects that Trump blocked.
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.
Well at least the r/stocks was cheering about one Greek oil hauler getting through.
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.
Thanks to USA we are going back to jungle laws.
We won’t be in this mess without all Trump voters.
Damn, Iran literally calling everybody’s bluff
So when does Trump declare an emergency on gas prices and find some absolutely illegal way to drop the sanctions on Russian oil?
They didn’t get the memo that the war is over or close to over huh? That surprises me
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.
Dont worry guys,
Trump will make sure he and his family are ok!
The rest of us can go get F’ed
Planting spring crops will be difficult without 30% to 50% of the fertilizer the world depends upon.
Thanks Donald.
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.
Whether it’s true or not isn’t important. No ship is going to be dumb enough to risk it
Americans have Trump and his pathetic, childish administration to thank for that.
Seems detrimental to the price of eggs, what say you maga?
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.
Bye bye Dubai
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.
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.
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
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 🤣
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.
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.
Talk about dire straits.
How can the right support Russia making money on this situation?
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.
Thank Trump for fucking up the world for everyone else, too.