Apparently, Iran is stimulating its economy by dropping enough mines in the Strait of Hormuz to sink a battleship or two. Riveting stuff for a Tuesday morning.

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Tehran says explosive devices part of ‘domestic consumption’ strategy <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img alt="Iran mines own business" class="kg-image" height="100" src="https://www.duffelblog.com/content/images/2026/03/Newsletter-sponsorship-header-2.png" width="1200" /></figure><img alt="Iran mines own business" src="https://www.duffelblog.com/content/images/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-21-at-7.39.22---AM.png" /><p>TEHRAN &#x2014; Iranian officials insisted Monday that they are simply &#...