India, April 11 -- According to the New York Times, the US officials said that Iran has not been able to reopen the Strait of Hormuz safely and make the routes for ships because it may not know the exact locations of the naval mines it deployed, and cannot fully clear them. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has cautioned about the risk of hitting sea mines, while Iranian media has published and suggested safe passage routes. 

However, those routes are reportedly limited because the mines were laid in a disorganised way, and it is not known whether Iran kept complete records of their placement. Officials also said, noting that even where locations were recorded, some mines may have shifted or drifted over time. 

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