Why Clearing Mines May Outlast the Iran Nuclear Negotiating Window

A US-Iran memo signed June 17 opens a 60-day path to a deal and $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets. Yet shipping insurers say June 19 that roughly 80 naval mines must be removed before normal traffic resumes—a task stretching weeks past any political agreement. Oil prices and freight costs hinge on whether salvage teams finish before diplomacy does.