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tankers and two cargo ships carrying goods passed through the strait of Hormuz area that had been subject to a US naval blockade, Iranian media said on Monday evening**. Trump said earlier that ships were
oil, petroleum products, weapons, munitions and nuclear material linked to Iran. But ship-tracking data suggests at least four vessels tracked from Iranian ports have crossed the US blockade line since the blockade came into
tanker, while a container ship was struck by an “unknown projectile,” according to the UKMTO. After declaring the strait “completely open” on Friday, Tehran reversed course less than 24 hours later, citing the ongoing US
US Central Command said it has turned back 31 vessels, mostly oil tankers, as part of a large-scale naval blockade involving at least 10,000 soldiers, 17 warships and more than 100 aircraft. - **Blockade
blockade didn’t just hurt Iranian exports – the Trump administration effectively controls Iran’s ability to import goods it desperately needs. Analysts say, in some ways, that economic chokehold could exert even more pressure
oil and gas producers in the Gulf to the open seas – are being felt across the world, stoking fears of a global recession. About 2,000 ships remain stranded in the Gulf, waiting
tankers or LNG carriers from transiting can be achieved with nearly any explosive projectile. Throughout the conflict, Iran has shown that it possesses a sophisticated arsenal that includes one-way attack drones, fast attack craft
crossed the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz over the last 48 hours. CENTCOM said that nine vessels had complied with US military commands to turn around. In a separate statement, the US Navy
blockade on 13 April. Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said this was a violation of the ceasefire agreement and that it would stop the reopening of the strait while it was still
cross. He then steered his ship towards the critical waterway along with four other vessels. Shortly after, they were warned not to proceed. Nine days later, Islam tried again as Iran said the strait would
oil tankers are largely unable to pass through. Globally, the idea of ships having to pay any fee to pass through the strait has been universally rejected. The US Department of State said this month
crossed into Iran on Sunday, the first delivery since the war began. - **US to end Iran oil relief:** The US Treasury said it will not renew a temporary sanctions waiver that allowed the sale
blockade on Iran’s use of the strait would remain in full force until Washington had struck a deal with Tehran. He said the process “should go very quickly” because “most of the points
tankers through the strait in a campaign he called “Project Freedom”. Hegseth told a press conference on Tuesday the operation to encourage commercial ships to transit the strait was temporary and the truce
blockade to lock in Iranian oil](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade), inflicting losses of an estimated $500m daily on Tehran and threatening the country’s long-term energy production – but negotiations have stalled
tanker had a stated destination of Singapore, according to the MarineTraffic ship tracking site. Iran's effective closure of the strait, through which about a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural
crossing where a late winter's snow has sent temperatures plunging on that side of the border. "In my city in the north the Israeli and American airstrikes mainly hit military targets, not homes