Sep 11, 2026 · 32 min · 16 segments
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Iran was allegedly preparing to use Fajr-5 rockets to seed the Strait of Hormuz with naval mines.
Now, before I tell you what I think, let me tell you what American military experts themselves think.
Harlan Ullman, former senior United States Navy officer, said this publicly, and I want you to listen carefully to his exact words.
I find it interesting that Iran would use rockets to lay mines, an expensive and complex method when they have far more effective means available, like divers and small boats.
David DesRoches, former Pentagon director for the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged that yes, the Fajr-5 can technically be used to deploy mines, but he described it as, quote, an unconventional approach used only in extreme circumstances.
Who had officially declared the Strait of Hormuz completely clear of mines just weeks before? Donald Trump himself and Admiral Brad Cooper of CENTCOM.
And then, in the very same statement on September 1st, Trump announced that the United States struck Iran to prevent it from seeding Hormuz with mines, a strait which, at that moment, contained no mines.
The United States struck Iran to prevent it from mining a strait that had no mines in it.
Now, I want to be careful here because I know some of you are thinking, okay, so the justification was thin.
The question is not simply, was this a pretext? The question is, what was the real strategic objective of the Larak Island strike? Okay, guys, this is the thing the mainstream press is missing entirely.
Larak Island sits at the choke point of the Strait of Hormuz, directly facing the port of Bandar Abbas.
And Iran has turned this position into what geopolitical analysts are now calling Tehran's tollbooth.
Iran was allegedly preparing to use Fajr-5 rockets to seed the Strait of Hormuz with naval mines.
Now, before I tell you what I think, let me tell you what American military experts themselves think.
Harlan Ullman, former senior United States Navy officer, said this publicly, and I want you to listen carefully to his exact words.
I find it interesting that Iran would use rockets to lay mines, an expensive and complex method when they have far more effective means available, like divers and small boats.
David DesRoches, former Pentagon director for the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged that yes, the Fajr-5 can technically be used to deploy mines, but he described it as, quote, an unconventional approach used only in extreme circumstances.
Who had officially declared the Strait of Hormuz completely clear of mines just weeks before? Donald Trump himself and Admiral Brad Cooper of CENTCOM.
And then, in the very same statement on September 1st, Trump announced that the United States struck Iran to prevent it from seeding Hormuz with mines, a strait which, at that moment, contained no mines.
The United States struck Iran to prevent it from mining a strait that had no mines in it.
Now, I want to be careful here because I know some of you are thinking, okay, so the justification was thin.
The question is not simply, was this a pretext? The question is, what was the real strategic objective of the Larak Island strike? Okay, guys, this is the thing the mainstream press is missing entirely.
Larak Island sits at the choke point of the Strait of Hormuz, directly facing the port of Bandar Abbas.
And Iran has turned this position into what geopolitical analysts are now calling Tehran's tollbooth.
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