Iran said on Tuesday that there is no need for outside interference to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz, claiming it “will only make the situation more complicated.” “Iran knows its responsibilities better than any other party and has the ability to fulfill them, and there is no need for the intervention of others,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters, according to the state-run news agency IRN. By signing a recent memorandum of understanding with the Washington, Tehran “will make arrangements to the best of its ability to provide safe passage for merchant ships, free of charge, for a period of 60 days only from the Gulf region to the Sea of Oman and vice versa,” Baqaei stated. […]