Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An LPG gas tanker sits at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, in Shinas, Oman ...

Iran claims to have littered a central shipping passage in the Strait of Hormuz with sea mines, in a move analysts say could be a "coercive threat" to maintain its grip on the crucial waterway.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any Iranian mining of the key shipping lane, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a nightmare for Western demining teams ...

Caption: An LPG gas tanker sits at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, in Shinas, Oman on Wednesday. The U.S. has warned of consequences following ...