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J. D. Vance: “The Iranians laid a large number of mines at the beginning…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance gives update on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

What's been going on for the past week or so is that the Iranians and the Gulf countries, particularly Oman, have been talking about how to ensure the safe flow of traffic. The one problem, of course, is The Iranians laid a large number of mines at the beginning of the war. And so what we're really working through now is how you can actually set up a traffic scheme so that the ships that pass can pass through safely. (03:45–03:50)

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Asserts that Iran placed many mines at the start of the conflict.

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