[US Media: Senior US Government Officials Did Not Anticipate Iran Would Block the Strait of Hormuz] Reported by Jinse Finance, on March 13, according to CNN, multiple informed sources revealed that during the planning of the current operation, the US Department of Defense and National Security Council severely underestimated the likelihood of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes. Sources stated that Trump's national security team failed to fully consider the consequences of the worst-case scenario. Three individuals familiar with the closed-door meetings disclosed that in recent classified briefings, senior officials of the Trump administration admitted to lawmakers that they had not anticipated Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz as a reaction to being attacked. (Jin10)