US targets Iran mine-laying as warfare causes oil market havoc

America mentioned Tuesday it was hanging Iranian ships able to mining the essential Strait of Hormuz and threatened escalation if Tehran presses forward, because the Center East warfare wreaks havoc on world oil markets. The US army posted video footage of Iranian boats blasted by missiles and different projectiles because it mentioned it had destroyed 16 minelayers close to the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint to the Gulf by which one-fifth of the world’s oil passes.