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Al-Monitor · Iran · 25 Aug 2026

Passive voice hides who attacked, the headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.

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scored on 3 of 11 measures · thin coverage

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  • Amend the headline to name the acting party or parties responsible for the demining in the main clause rather than subordinating that information to a political statement. A faithful example: "[Named party] demines Strait of Hormuz as Trump warns Iran against further mining."
  • Amend the body of the article to replace or supplement the passive construction "all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters" with a formulation that identifies, or explicitly acknowledges the non-identification of, the party or parties who carried out the detonation and removal.
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Trump says Strait of Hormuz has been demined, warns Iran not to plant more

Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has been told that any ship or boat placing new mines will be destroyed. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the United States, through its Space Force, was watching "every square inch" of the Strait, a key waterway in the global energy supply chain. "There is a Zero Tolerance policy on mine placement in full force and effect," Trump said. The U.S. and Iran have not conducted air strikes on each other's militaries for weeks, but attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz have continued as the two sides vie for control of the narrow maritime passage. Oil transits through the strait were at 5 million barrels per day on Monday, provisional data from shiptracker Vortexa showed, down from more than 20 million per day before the war or about one of every five barrels consumed worldwide. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Ismail Shakil; editing by Michelle Nichols and Katharine Jackson)

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