scibra122

I was talking about the UK in my comment replying to the person that said the UK was not involved in Iran, not the US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_campaign_(World_War_I)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'état

They were pretty involved with Iran

Also the straits being useful for Iran is what is keeping them from mining it or at least keeping them from mining it in a substantial manner to make it impassible