Iran’s embassy in Sierra Leone on Thursday challenged the US to “come to Iran” with an animated Minesweeper-style video set over the Strait of Hormuz.“Habibi (Uncle Sam), come to Iran!” the put up learn, referring to the US. The Iranian embassy paired the message with a 35-second animated video exhibiting a 3D map of the Strait of Hormuz with a sport of Minesweeper being performed over it.The put up got here after US President Donald Trump mentioned US forces had eliminated Iran-laid mines from the Strait of Hormuz and have been persevering with to maneuver oil tankers by the important thing transport route.“We have managed, and we’re controlling the Hormuz Strait. We’re bringing a number of boats out on daily basis with hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil. We’re, for essentially the most half, doing it with out hassle,” Trump informed reporters.“They (Iran) have been making an attempt to rebuild their radar methods and a missile system and a mine drop. You already know, we removed all of the mines within the Hormuz Strait,” he added.Combating between the US and Iran has intensified this week after Washington struck Iranian rocket launchers on an island within the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, saying Tehran was planning to make use of them to put mines within the waterway.In retaliation, Iran launched ballistic missiles at two US navy targets in Jordan, claiming to have induced “heavy injury”. Jordan’s military, nonetheless, mentioned it had intercepted eight missiles.US forces subsequently struck Iranian navy targets within the second assault of the month, whereas Iran launched retaliatory strikes throughout the area regardless of a warning from Trump.Based on US Central Command, the strikes focused IRGC “air protection websites, radar methods, maritime belongings and amenities, mine laying capabilities, and communications websites”.Iranian state media, nonetheless, alleged that the US had struck a marriage. “We’re conscious of the stories, which originated from Iranian state media. The U.S. navy by no means targets civilians, not like the IRGC,” Central Command spokesperson Timothy Hawkins mentioned.The US-Iran struggle has now crossed the six-month mark, with Trump persevering with to quote stopping Tehran from buying a nuclear weapon as his central goal.
