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US naval blockade remained in place, calling the latter a “blatant violation” of the two countries’ ceasefire. - **Naval incidents escalate:** Iran’s IRGC reported that they captured two foreign vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
shipping channel had been temporarily reopened. US President Donald Trump said Iran cannot "blackmail" the US with threats regarding the waterway, which Tehran has effectively blocked for nearly two months - causing global energy prices
US naval blockade of Iranian ports. In the worst-case scenario of a prolonged war, the IMF said global growth could fall to 2.5 percent in 2026, with low-income and developing economies
US’s refusal to lift its naval blockade.  [Iran on Saturday reimposed tight restrictions](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade) on the transit of commercial shipping
naval blockade on all Iranian ports was still in effect, with US forces “present, vigilant and ready to ensure compliance”. The blockade, which Iran’s military slammed as a violation of the ceasefire, turned nine
ships passing through the strategic strait, including after the war concludes. In a further escalation, Trump [imposed a naval blockade](/news/2026/4/13/trumps-threat-to-blockade-hormuz-why-its-wars-latest-major-escalation) on Iranian ports on Monday, creating another obstacle to the prospects of talks restarting
US and Iran will end. Trump said his own naval blockade of vessels moving in and out of Iranian ports would remain in force. Declaring that the "Hormuz Strait situation is over", he added that
blockade on Iranian ports has been transferred to Pakistan for repatriation, Pakistan’s foreign ministry has said. “As a confidence-building measure by the United States of America, twenty-two crew members held aboard
Iranian forces brought shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz to a near-total halt, causing the paralysis of the one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports that pass through
ships struck in the Gulf, a US warship was hit with missiles by the Iranian navy near Jask, in the strait located between Iran and Oman. The US has denied the Iranian claims
US enforcing a naval blockade on Iranian ports. The BBC spoke on Sunday to oil tanker captain Ramoon Kapoor, who is one of those trapped - he described witnessing "various attacks, various missiles, explosions" and said
Iranian military said US forces will be attacked if they enter the strait and told commercial ships and oil tankers to refrain from moving unless they are coordinating with Iran, Ali Abdollahi, the head
blockades of the shipping waterway. The standoff over the strait – through which about 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied fossil gas passed during peacetime – has raised doubts about whether stalled peace negotiations will
Iranian regime said it would not attend talks while the US was violating a Pakistani-brokered ceasefire, in particular during the imposition of a naval blockade. Trump agreed to an [“indefinite” extension](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/push-to-bring-us-and-iran-together-for-peace-talks-as-ceasefire-deadline-looms)
US actions, such as its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, as violations of the ceasefire and obstacles to meaningful dialogue. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
naval blockade on all Iran-linked ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has fired at ships trying to transit through the vital shipping route. And early on Monday, the US shot
ship-tracking data suggests. President Donald Trump said the US blockade of Iranian ports, which began on Monday, will stay in place after Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz
naval siege on ships linked to Iran. When a ceasefire was announced [in Lebanon](/video/newsfeed/2026/4/20/outrage-after-israeli-soldier-desecrates-statue-of-jesus-christ-in-lebanon), Iran announced a reopening of the strait, but Trump said the US blockade would persist. So less than 24 hours
naval blockade of Iranian ports continued. Foreign minister **Abbas Araqchi** announced the global energy chokepoint was open for all commercial vessels for the remainder of the 10-day, US-brokered truce agreed on Thursday
naval blockade of its ports. Donald Trump enforced the blockade on April 13, two days after the first round of negotiations between the US and Iran in Islamabad ended inconclusively. Since then, the prospects