Source: United Nations (video statements)
Clearing mines laid at sea can be an ‘extremely challenging and very dangerous’ undertaking according to Paul Heslop, an expert with the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) which focuses on clearing land-based mines.
It is still not clear whether mines, which can sink vessels of all types if activated, have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.