Iran lawmaker says Tehran targets US ships with mines

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A senior Iranian lawmaker said Tehran was targeting US ships with naval mines and other methods in retaliation for attacks on Qeshm Island, but downplayed the damage caused by…

A senior Iranian lawmaker said Tehran was targeting US ships with naval mines and other methods in retaliation for attacks on Qeshm Island, but downplayed the damage caused by recent strikes.

"We target their ships with mines or other methods, and they occasionally fire projectiles at Qeshm. The blows we deliver are equal to, or even greater than, theirs," Esmail Kowsari, a member of parliament's National Security Committee, said.

Kowsari said the targets struck on Qeshm were not strategically important, although an air defense site may have been damaged.

He added that the attacks did not signal the start of another major conflict.

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