US says any additional mine laying by Iran will be treated as ceasefire violation

Any additional mine laying carried out by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the ongoing ceasefire with the US, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday, Anadolu reports. Transit through the critical waterway “is occurring much more limited than anybody would like to see, and with more risk than people would like to see’ due, in part, to Iran’s mine-laying efforts, Hegseth said. “If there are attempts to recklessly and irresponsibly lay more mines, we’re going to deal with that. It’s a violation of the ceasefire,” he told reporters at the Pentagon. The defense secretary said Iran is using armed small fast boats to both lay mines in the waterway, as well as harassing, and, in […]