{"id":184995,"date":"2026-06-30T19:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/184995\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:42:15","slug":"iran-says-it-wont-allow-other-countries-to-de-mine-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/184995\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it won\u2019t &#8216;allow&#8217; other countries to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran will not \u201callow\u201d other countries to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz, declaring only Tehran will take on the responsibility, according to its foreign ministry \u2014 despite expert analysis that it doesn\u2019t have the capability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/29\/us-news\/trump-admin-live-updates-june-29-30-july-1-2-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemining is to be carried out exclusively by Iran and by no other country,\u201d Gharibabadi said in a post on X. \u201cIn principle, we will not allow any other country to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39846107\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/group-people-stands-shallow-water-132796027.jpg\" alt=\"Cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as people stand in the shallow water.\" class=\"wp-image-39846107\"  \/>Iran will not \u201callow\u201d other countries to demine the Strait of Hormuz, declaring only Tehran will take on the responsibility, according to its foreign ministry. AP Photo\/Amirhosein Khorgooi<\/p>\n<p>Follow The Post\u2019s latest coverage on the blocked Strait of Hormuz and its lasting effects<\/p>\n<p>It came after French President Macron said on Monday that France agreed with Oman to assist in clearing the strait of mines as part of a coalition with allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is sensitive and complex,\u201d Gharibabadi said. \u201cWe strongly advise France not to make it more complicated with its provocations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the US-Iran MOU explicitly states that Iran will be responsible for clearing the strait and opening it up for safe passage, naval experts told The Post on Friday that Tehran does not have the \u201cexperience or technology\u201d for large-scale demining efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran will not \u201callow\u201d other countries to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz, declaring only Tehran will take on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[102,34,9060,1603,81,101,933],"class_list":["post-184995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-hormuz","tag-iran","tag-iran-deal","tag-mining","tag-politics","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116840768820400090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184995","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=184995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}