Tehran, April 11 -- Iran is reportedly struggling to find the very mines it laid in the Strait of Hormuz, as it does not have the capacity to remove the explosives, preventing Tehran from reopening the waterway and resuming traffic, the New York Times reported, citing US officials.
The Strait's reopening - a crucial corridor for global energy flows, controlling over a fifth of the total supply flow - has been one of the US' primary demands to end its war in Iran, which Tehran had closed in wake of the joint Israeli-US attack on February 28.
The waterway's commercial paralysis has led fuel prices to skyrocket, creating massive shocks in the global energy market - largest energy crisis in decades - leading to massive supply disruptions, and...