US EditionIran Considers Arming Dolphins with Mines Against US Warships as Blockade Bites
Iran weighs extreme options like mine-carrying dolphins against the U.S. blockade, as hardliners view it as an act of war, risking global trade disruption.
- Iranian officials are weighing the use of previously unused weapons, including submarines and mine-carrying dolphins, to attack U.S. warships, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday.
- Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been largely blocked since February 28, 2026, following an air war; since April 13, the U.S. has maintained a naval blockade of Iranian ports, creating a 'dual blockade.'
- A 'risk of a spiraling crisis' has divided the Iranian government, with hardliners including former presidential candidate Saeed Jalili pushing for military action while President Masoud Pezeshkian seeks negotiation.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to cut undersea phone cables crossing the Strait of Hormuz, with The Revolutionary Guard-linked Tasnim news agency publishing a map of telecommunications infrastructure in a veiled warning.
- Hamidreza Azizi, a visiting fellow at SWP, told The Wall Street Journal that Tehran increasingly views the blockade as 'a different manifestation of war,' suggesting decision makers may soon see renewed conflict as less costly than prolonged stalemate.
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Deprived of nukes, is Iran eyeing dolphins to attack U.S. warships? * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link President Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury to make sure the rogue Islamists in Tehran cannot continue to realistically threaten neighbors and the world with nuclear annihilation has run into a complication. That would be the possibility of weaponized dolphins being used by Iran to attack U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran eyeing
Iran eyeing 'mine-carrying dolphins' to fight US blockade: WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump is saying that the United States' war with Iran could be ending soon, but many critics of the war are skeptical about that claim and fear that the war could drag on for a long time. Meanwhile, the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway crucial to the flow of oil in the Middle East — remains blocked. Oil prices continue to soar, and liberal economist Paul Krugman is warning that a wide range of goods could become much more expe…
Iran eyeing mine-carrying kamikaze dolphins to attack US warships in Strait of Hormuz
Iran is considering using dolphins armed with mines to blow open the Strait of Hormuz, which has been under a financially crippling US military blockade for weeks, according to a report.
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