{"id":68703,"date":"2026-03-11T08:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/us-attacks-irans-mine-laying-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-tensions-rise-over-oil-first-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:57:42","slug":"us-attacks-irans-mine-laying-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-tensions-rise-over-oil-first-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/us-attacks-irans-mine-laying-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-tensions-rise-over-oil-first-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"US attacks Iran\u2019s mine-laying boats in strait of Hormuz as tensions rise over oil | First Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s IRGC has said it will not allow even \u2018one litre\u2019 to leave the region if US-Israeli attacks continue. Plus, how gen Z women are conquering country music<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\"><strong>Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The US military has said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/11\/us-iran-strait-of-hormuz-mine-boat-attacks\">attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels<\/a> near the strait of Hormuz amid reports that Iran has begun laying explosive devices in the narrow waterway through which about a fifth of the world\u2019s oil passes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have we heard about Iran\u2019s new supreme leader?<\/strong> Mojtaba Khamenei, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/mar\/11\/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-69b10d308f08e2478561a109#block-69b10d308f08e2478561a109\">\u201csafe and sound\u201d<\/a> according to Yousef Pezeshkian, the son of Iran\u2019s president. The comments came amid speculation about supreme leader\u2019s health and whereabouts, as he has not engaged with the public since he succeeded his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three days ago.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/11\/first-thing-us-israel-attack-iran-boats-strait-of-hormuz-middle-east-crisis-oil\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s IRGC has said it will not allow even \u2018one litre\u2019 to leave the region if US-Israeli attacks continue. Plus, how gen Z women are conquering country music Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The US military has said it attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near &#8230; <a title=\"US attacks Iran\u2019s mine-laying boats in strait of Hormuz as tensions rise over oil | First Thing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/us-attacks-irans-mine-laying-boats-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-tensions-rise-over-oil-first-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US attacks Iran\u2019s mine-laying boats in strait of Hormuz as tensions rise over oil | First Thing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}