Iran threatens to lay mines across Persian Gulf if land invasion launched
In a statement issued on Monday and published by the semi-official Fars news agency, Iran’s Defense Council threatened to deploy naval mines across the “entire Persian Gulf” in response to any land invasion.
The council issued the statement ahead of the potential arrival of a force of U.S. Marines in the region.
“Any attempt by the enemy to target Iran’s coasts or islands will, naturally and in accordance with established military practice, lead to the mining of all access routes” in the “Persian Gulf and along the coasts,” the council said.
