Iran claiming to have struck 84905639587 ships over the weekend is very likely an exaggeration of any truth.
Iran continues to successfuly strike ships transiting via the Omani route. However, there's still between 10-20 ships passing the southern route per day. That doesn't look good for Iran.
Iran therefore needs to try to dominate the information space. Things like: tens of ships attacked in one day, re-deployment of mines, ships running aground because they didn't use the TSS, implementation of the NCV list - are all info ops design to deter companies from transiting the SoH becasue missile/drone attacks are not sufficent.
- Iran claiming to have struck 84905639587 ships over the weekend is very likely an exaggeration of any truth. Iran continues to successfuly strike ships transiting via the Omani route. However, there's still between 10-20 ships passing the southern route per day. That doesn't look good for Iran. Iran therefore needs to try to dominate the information space. Things like: tens of ships attacked in one day, re-deployment of mines, ships running aground because they didn't use the TSS, implementation of the NCV list - are all info ops design to deter companies from transiting the SoH becasue missile/drone attacks are not sufficent.
What “companies” are you talking about Martin? Almost all vessels are sovereign-owned or Greek-owned being paid ENORMOUS premiums? You’re acting like this is going to return to normal transits… it’s not… at all.
*sigh* BREAKING NEWS: countries embellish their own accomplishments while diminishing their opponent's in war! Iran doesn't need to do any "info ops". Costs of transport is now 4x compared to pre-war (approx. 25%+ of the transported oil's value is now just expenses, prewar it
iran the media powerhouse, known for dominating the information space