'A very strange event': Iran’s Hormuz mine threat may have begun as a bluff, former Navy chief says
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-05-27 19:32 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Middle East, Military & Defence, Iran, World News, War & Conflict
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Iran may have only begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz after claiming they had done so, former commander of the Israeli Navy Maj. Gen. (res.) Eliezer "Cheny" Marom theorized during an interview with 103FM on Tuesday.
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