U.S. Central Command confirmed Thursday that American forces have cleared Iranian sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz’s internationally recognized shipping lanes, opening the critical waterway to growing commercial traffic while a U.S. naval blockade has stopped Iranian oil exports entirely since mid-July — a dramatic shift President Donald Trump says has left Tehran “begging to make a deal.”
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper called the breakthrough a “major milestone,” providing the military’s most detailed confirmation yet of a months-long operation that has dismantled one of Tehran’s principal sources of leverage: its ability to threaten…
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