@jax said:

I guess they also have 5k to 6k small boats that can rapidly deploy mines right in front of the tankers.

yep - it's isn't there navy, their navy is gone. but they have all those little boats that can do that, probably well hidden.

but not for long.russia hasn't decimated the Ukraine in their years of war, we decimated iran in 4 weeks.

Iran is certainly going to have ragtag hater sombeitch terrorists in the Strait.

@axe said:

Well, it's clear you miss things so you would not be highly ranked option for an answer.

Occam's Razor is normally a good starting point for questions like this

@mld-woody said:

Hmmm... It's a mystery 

Well, it's clear you miss things so you would not be highly ranked option for an answer.

@axe said:

I am a Trump supporter, but...

I keep hearing him say Iran has nothing in offensive capabilities.. No Air Force, no Navy, No Air Defense, NOTHING,, They are decimated.. They have nothing...

So, why is the Strait of Hormuz still closed?

Good question, this helps explain it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/who-owns-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-b2938248.html

Shipping lanes are just two nautical miles wide and ships must make a turn opposite Iranian islands and a mountainous coast that provides cover for Iranian forces, according to shipping broker SSY Global.

Iran's conventional navy has largely been destroyed but the Guards still have plenty of options including fast attack craft, mini submarines, mines and even jetskis packed with explosives, said Tom Sharpe, a retired Royal Navy commander.

Tehran has the capacity to produce around 10,000 drones a month, according to the Centre for Information Resilience, a non-profit research group.

Escorting three or four ships a day through the strait would be feasible in the short-term using seven or eight destroyers providing air cover, and would depend on whether the risk from mini submarines has been reduced, but doing so sustainably for months would require more resources, Sharpe said.

Even if Iran's capacity to deploy ballistic missiles, drones and floating mines were destroyed, ships would still face a threat from suicide operations, said Adel Bakawan, Director of the European Institute for Middle East and North African Studies.

If the war does continue for weeks, some kind of escort will come together, said Kevin Rowlands, Editor of the RUSI Journal at the Royal United Services Institute.

"The world needs oil to flow through from the Gulf, and so there is planning ongoing to put protection measures in place,” he said.