{"id":162815,"date":"2026-06-16T13:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/162815\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:03:09","slug":"mine-clearing-in-strait-of-hormuz-could-delay-shipping-traffic-for-up-to-50-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/162815\/","title":{"rendered":"Mine clearing in Strait of Hormuz could delay shipping traffic for up to 50 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry said US attacks on targets inside Iran during the night of June 11 had \u201ceffectively rendered meaningless\u201d the ceasefire arrangement that entered into force between the parties in April.<\/p>\n

According to a statement<\/a> carried by the Tasnim news agency, \u201cThe illegal and criminal attacks carried out by the United States in recent hours constitute not only a grave violation of the United Nations Charter and the fundamental norms of international law, but have also effectively rendered the ceasefire regime meaningless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran also stressed that countries in the region have a legal and moral responsibility not to allow the US military to use their territory and resources to conduct attacks.<\/p>\n

The statement further pledged to \u201cneutralize the source of the aggressive actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

US strikes lasted four hours<\/p>\n

According to a statement from US Central Command, American armed forces launched strikes against targets in Iran on the night of June 11 \u201cin self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese strikes are a response to Iran\u2019s unjustified and ongoing aggression,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

Approximately four hours after the operation began, the US military announced that it had concluded the mission.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the targets included intelligence and surveillance facilities, communications systems and air defense positions. The operation involved units from the US Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy.<\/p>\n

Axios reporter Barak Ravid wrote on X that the United States had struck military targets in southern Iran.<\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a> from the IRNA, Mehr, Tasnim and Fars news agencies, explosions were reported on Kish Island, east of Isfahan, in Mohr, and in the Hormozgan province districts of Sirik, Minab, Qeshm and Hengam.<\/p>\n

Air defense systems were also reported to have been activated around the airport and military base in Bandar Abbas.<\/p>\n

Iran announces closure of the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n

Iran announced that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic, including tankers and commercial vessels.<\/p>\n

According to Mehr, the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked two commercial ships attempting to transit the strait.<\/p>\n

The Revolutionary Guards also said that 12 ballistic missiles struck a location hosting US F-35, F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft. The statement added that targets at Jordan\u2019s Azraq Air Base and a \u201ccommand center\u201d had also been hit.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump had previously warned that attacks on Iran could resume after negotiations failed to make progress and following the destruction of a US Apache attack helicopter.<\/p>\n

The helicopter was reportedly shot down off the coast of Oman on the evening of June 8, although both pilots were rescued.<\/p>\n

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned US threats and said his country would \u201cmaintain its resolute stance.\u201d<\/p>\n

A two-week ceasefire between the parties entered into force in April and was later extended indefinitely by Trump until further notice. Despite the ceasefire, however, the two sides had engaged in several rounds of retaliatory attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry said US attacks on targets inside Iran during the night of June 11 had \u201ceffectively…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[12711,22366,38,537,3657,34,29073,525,143,23832,7395,4715,39,46941,2099,101,23864,691,153,51177],"class_list":["post-162815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-arsenio-dominguez","tag-bimco","tag-donald-trump","tag-germany","tag-international-maritime-organization","tag-iran","tag-jakob-larsen","tag-marine-insurance","tag-maritime-security","tag-mine-clearance","tag-naval-mines","tag-oil-shipments","tag-persian-gulf","tag-rene-kofod-olsen","tag-shipping-industry","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-supertankers","tag-united-kingdom","tag-us","tag-v-group"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116759927296684073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}