US Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper said US forces have cleared Iranian mines from the international shipping lanes after months of painstaking operations involving Navy divers, special operations forces and air assets from across the US military.
The scale of the effort is significant.
According to CentCom, US forces have helped nearly 1,500 commercial vessels transit the strait under coordinated protection, carrying almost 750 million barrels of crude oil to global markets.
At the same time, Washington’s blockade of Iranian…
