Iran Threatens U.S. Navy over Hormuz Transit

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Iran's Revolutionary Guards later released a statement threatening to deal "severely" with any military vessels transiting the strait, according to Agence France-Presse.

Posted by rf4b at 02:32 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

Trump says the U.S. military has begun clearing the Strait of Hormuz of mines despite his earlier brag that other countries would do that for him.

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-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) Apr 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM

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Two comments ...

1) that does not sound like Iran's "unconditional surrender" (a stated goal of Pres Trump) to me.

2) the retribution your alias mentions (obliterate) also runs counter to what Pres Trump said going into his war. He effectively said to the Iranian people, ~I have your back.~ Now he seems to want to obliterate those same people?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-11 09:52 PM

Iran threatens U.S. Navy over Hormuz transit

We sank their navy. Why wouldn't they try to sink ours?

#2 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-11 09:54 PM

They ------ up an aircraft carrier.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-12 02:09 AM

They ------ up an aircraft carrier.

No, they didn't. CVN-78 USS Photo Prop is doing just fine.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-12 02:29 AM

FTA:

"After a 21-hour marathon negotiation session in Islamabad Pakistan, good-for-no-one VPOTUS JD Vance bleated that the US had not reached a deal, adding that Iran had "chosen not to accept our terms. Vance departed Islamabad empty-handed shortly after the news conference."

~snip~

The former head of the IAEA-- who spent years dealing with Iran and Israel-- predicted this 48 hours ago.

Cost to American Taxpayers for Attacking Iran on Behalf of Israel

The next generation of Americans will pay for all of these MIGA wars and the BBB

The US midterm elections are on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-12 02:56 AM

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-12 02:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

Your first link is broken.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-04-12 05:31 PM

You don't need a link to know it's a couple billion per day at least. Our logistics are the best in the world, but pricey.

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-13 07:52 AM

Don't expect those mines to be cleared anytime soon.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-13 01:17 PM

They ------ up an aircraft carrier.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-12 02:09 AM | Reply | Flag: Gets all his news from Iran propaganda.

#9 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-04-13 01:25 PM

FTA: "Iran could have from 2,000 to 6,000

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-13 01:28 PM

FTA: "Iran could have from 2,000 to 6,000 mines in its stockpile."

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-13 01:29 PM

You still have to put them somewhere useful, you have to deploy large ones, you can only do a few at a time because you're down to glorified speedboats, and the middle of the channel is one of the most heavily observed places on earth.

I'd be a lot more worried about anti-ship missiles hiding in the mountains behind Hormuz.

#12 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-13 01:46 PM

FTA: "Iran could have from 2,000 to 6,000 mines in its stockpile."

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-13 01:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

If you know that don't you just think the US military does as well? And if they do, do you think those stock piles have much of a chance of survival?

#13 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-04-13 02:07 PM

Trump Says Iran Reached Out on Deal as US Blocks Hormuz
www.bloomberg.com

... President Donald Trump said Iran reached out to his administration over peace negotiations, as the US began a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in the war's seventh week.

Even as Trump sought to jawbone negotiations back on track, there were few signs that was taking place after weekend negotiations failed in Islamabad. Iran blamed the collapse of talks on the US and Tehran has not confirmed further discussions on Monday. ...

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-13 02:20 PM

The more I understand the eternal conflicts in the Middle East, the more I wish my country would just leave, and tell countries like Israel or Iran or the Saudis...we will buy oil, we will trade, but we will not engage in forever wars, we are done.

#15 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-04-14 08:00 AM

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#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-13 02:20 PM
Trump Says Iran Reached Out on Deal as US Blocks Hormuz

If a sentence starts with "Trump says..." you can safely ignore the rest of it.

Your sanity will thank you.
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