The president added: “If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before. If, on the other hand, they remove what may have been placed, it will be a giant step in the right direction!”
CBS reported that while Iran’s mine stock isn’t publicly known, estimates project the country holds roughly 2,000 to 6,000 naval mines.
While oil prices had fallen Tuesday to about $78 per barrel, prices rose back to $86 by Tuesday afternoon. Oil prices briefly shot to their highest since 2022 a day after the hardline Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen as the successor to his late father, Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s supreme leader.
