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U.S. Central Command says it will begin blockade of Iranian ports Monday
CENTCOM said the blockade will be enforced against vessels of all nations, while ships between non-Iranian ports may still pass through the strait.
- On Monday at 10 a.m. ET, U.S. Central Command will begin a blockade of Iranian ports, enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian coastal areas and ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
- The blockade follows Sunday's collapse of high-level ceasefire talks in Pakistan, where Washington blamed Iran's refusal to abandon its 60-percent enriched uranium stockpile and renounce nuclear ambitions.
- President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to interdict vessels in international waters that paid tolls to Iran, declaring, "THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION," and instructed forces to destroy Iranian-laid mines in the waterway.
- CENTCOM clarified that forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports, signaling the blockade targets Iranian traffic without disrupting global shipping corridors.
- Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned, "If you fight, we will fight," while Tehran dismissed the blockade as "ridiculous" and asserted it maintains full control over the strategic waterway despite U.S. action.
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