U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that Iranian forces have deployed a small number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, ...

Sea mines are disrupting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran warns vessels away. Here’s how these mines pose such a serious global threat.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any Iranian mining of the key shipping lane, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a nightmare for Western demining teams ...

Tehran is seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic following US and Israeli strikes against Iran, with fears it could be using sea mines to do so. US forces have struck 28 Iranian ...