President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has completely cleared the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian-laid mines, indicating a possible major step toward ending the war, now approaching its sixth month.
Since the memorandum of understanding negotiations with Tehran broke down earlier this summer, the United States and Iran have both sought to maintain control of the critical waterway. Commerce through the strait had resumed but at a significantly lower frequency than pre-war levels. Trump has even gone so far as suggesting that the strait be made an American territory in the future.
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