00:00And just a few hours later, President Trump announced that because of progress in those
00:03talks, he was suspending Project Freedom, the operation to guide ships through the Strait of
00:08Hormuz. The president posted that since the two sides are inching closer to a final deal, quote,
00:12we have mutually agreed that while the blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project
00:16Freedom will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the agreement can be
00:20finalized and signed. But the fact remains for now that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to the
00:25world by Iranian threats and shut to Iran by the US blockade. And the past couple of days have seen
00:31some hostilities. The United Arab Emirates reported strikes on ships and drones and missiles in its
00:36skies from Iran on Monday and Tuesday. Apparently not enough to call off the ceasefire, but still
00:41something. So both the US and the Islamic Republic are looking for any edge that they can get as it
00:46relates to this conflict. But one tactic Iran is not using, dolphins. I'll let The Post's
00:52Washington reporter Caitlin Dornbos explain. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth set the record
00:57straight yesterday, saying that no, Iran does not have armed dolphins swimming through the Strait
01:05of Hormuz, attacking ships with mines strapped to their backs. That was a possibility floated last
01:12week by an article in the Wall Street Journal as a possibility that Iran could do and use as a
01:21way to
01:21attack vessels. As the strait continues to be closed, the US is trying to reopen that strait as we speak.
01:29And luckily they haven't run into any armed dolphins. Now, he interestingly did not rule out the fact or idea
01:38that the US might have armed dolphins, but largely the room kind of could tell that he may have been
01:45joking there.
Comments