{"id":10771,"date":"2026-03-12T21:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/12\/iran-is-laying-mines-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-u-s-officials-say-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:45:09","slug":"iran-is-laying-mines-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-u-s-officials-say-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/12\/iran-is-laying-mines-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-u-s-officials-say-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Is Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Say &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQQjEtZ21XLVFseWszV3VHd2pIOGZFMmFlWF9pcWZfYjRhYkp2UTVYQWVtX01DOU9zYzVFc19Rb0Ffd1hSZURTVVEzUU4xMGJkYmxSQkRsNWNVT1pETXVCby1wVzkyZnVFMmEzNkNIR2xxYzZTOTdnQW9sRFVrMkJsYmxSaS1UOWRPc0piOHVxeG4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran Is Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE5IOTBXN1MxakRyWlp1YWV3MlZXZlRDZk1YNHZGb3FneU1TNEdraXlCejRxd1lMSk1kRkczcFJod09UT0VSUFJkLUpGa05nUnZkN2tnNzdKRmhXb2l6TTZCYmY3UG52UjR2S1BUTm5BZTNISldTYWlFMTZn0gF_QVVfeXFMTS1WZ2I4RnVrd0REXzR2MTBYYlo1aVltUUFrM3QtUlVfSElwbDNadllGb1BaWnd3ZXI2LVA1alZTSHduY2hCcjZ6Q1k5c05INklScTNIWjRMUTlOMFhOeEotSFZPYXFqWTNsLXNhVGZjcno0MWNSWTFhTU5FRG1WTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump threatens to escalate attacks on Iran as US military destroys 16 mine-laying boats<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPWEx0V2ZEZzBIZjQ5dGM5V2NsNlBXYXRDSVRaQnh6dFNXOWc1ZUwwYjhtZFg1X0RhVGJTQTZLRlNZRXdsd1hoNmhLSjltLWtJZkxhQmo3eG42Z3dFUGRxWFVrcnIycUFHWE5HOEtfV2ZUZWswWF92ZHpCdDhzVndnclNnQWxFQVl0c0VBVEcyRzV4S3ZjOVN3YW9PUGczYXdfZXhYaUVlcUstNFM4XzRlWEZoWk44cVBOaU14TnFEVkpnUXNVR1UtSVZrNkhPemM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The US Navy decommissioned Middle East minesweepers last year. Here\u2019s what they did.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Navy Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPMDRoLWMwMjEya0JsbWM5NzRCc0VkUWdvb2tLT3ZEOWtuaGl0Y0t6ajJlRlI1aUxVOWZVZFh4dGVQcWk2SHZPSnhYRTAydkktSFBEMjBnV205RHJqQVR3dUpFUzc1T3phVE9XOGpfWmhEZ0hXSFFkOFlIemdIMFo0WEVMaHg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran\u2019s Sea Mines Are One of Its Most Powerful Weapons<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQSDlyVWVVMnBNbVhtczl3SlZaVXFWSnFOeUxJaDJpQkJqWVZZQWxNTWVXdVhKdklHdnlYLXVINmg5Y0ktaVZUTWhTeEc5Wm8wS00tMTVJZ0pCa2xwN1dyWl91UTh5Y0FTenVsZFdGbjBIZGZ6Rk1LbzdVSklYZkIxYy1jMnRBZk96ZXB4U0VB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Bid: Iran widens war on shipping, Trump talks Strait<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Is Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Say&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Trump threatens to escalate attacks on Iran as US military&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/12\/iran-is-laying-mines-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-u-s-officials-say-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}