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Video. US says it destroyed Iranian mine-laying vessels near Strait of Hormuz

Updated: 11/03/2026 - 6:30 GMT+1

Washington says it has destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran threatened to not allow oil to pass through the waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s crude flows. Israel and Iran have also launched fresh attacks early on Wednesday, as the war enters i

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