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US continues its naval blockade of Iranian ports and Iran, in return, refuses to allow any foreign-flagged ships
shipping channel since the US and Israel attacked the country on 28 February. A ceasefire between the US and Iran is due to expire on 22 April. US President Donald Trump said a naval blockade
shipping not to attempt to pass without coordinating with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Then, state media reported that two Iranian missiles struck a US naval vessel near Jask Island in the strait after
shipped during peacetime, but which Iran has all but closed since the conflict started. Last month, the US launched a naval blockade of Iranian
US lifts its naval blockade on Iranian ports and agrees to end the war. Iran has effectively closed the strait to shipping
naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports. It said the blockade was a violation of the ongoing ceasefire agreement in the US-Israel war on Iran. “We warn that no vessel of any kind should
US began its own naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13. Trump said operation Project Freedom was being mounted at the behest of countries whose vessels remain stuck on either side of the strait
blockade on Iran-linked ships. The Pentagon said on Thursday that the US military conducted a “maritime interdiction and right-of-visit” to a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean. Earlier this week
US blockade of Iranian ports and shipping will remain in place for the moment, Trump said, and few vessels are likely to risk passage through the strait in such uncertain circumstances, meaning any return
shipping route. Iran has severely limited traffic through the waterway, responding to US and Israeli strikes that began on 28 February. The US has also enforced a naval blockade on Iranian
ships trying to navigate the strait, is trying to send a message that it can maintain its chokehold on the world economy. The US, through its blockade of Iranian ports, is trying something more immediate
blockade was lifted. Iran’s **Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps** seized two vessels on Wednesday for what it called maritime violations and escorted them to Iranian shores, according to statements by the shipping companies and Iran
naval blockade](/news/2026/4/29/irans-currency-falls-to-new-low-as-us-blockade-sanctions-impact-trade) of Iranian ports and ships in the strait. President Trump has repeatedly warned that strikes could resume. Other officials in the Trump administration have echoed Hegseth, arguing that the absence of active
naval mission called Project Freedom to help [navigate](/news/2026/5/3/trump-says-us-will-help-free-up-ships-stuck-in-hormuz-strait) stranded ships through the [Strait of Hormuz](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/3/iran-lawmaker-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-not-return-to-pre%E2%80%91war-state), which remains under a de facto Iranian blockade. The operation will start on Monday
naval blockade of Iranian ports.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o) US President Donald Trump hopes to put pressure on Iran by targeting two economic drivers - the tolls the country was demanding ships
naval blockade of Iranian ports by the US. Ghalibaf, one of Iran’s top negotiators, called Washington’s blockade “ignorant” and “foolish”, saying Tehran would not allow others to transit the strait
ship’s seizure “piracy” and has expressed uncertainty regarding its participation in the sessions while the naval blockade remains. The current diplomatic track predates the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran, which began
naval blockade targeting Iranian shipping and ports. Currently, some 2,000 vessels are stranded at either end of the strait, while others have been rerouted, come under fire or even been seized in the strait
naval blockade against the country would persist. The US military has seized one Iranian vessel during the siege. For its part, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) captured two foreign [commercial ships
Iranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz, as the US and [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the critical shipping waterway that have choked global energy