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vessels as of Wednesday. Iran’s military has [denounced](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape) the blockade as a violation of the April 8 ceasefire. Iran’s Fars News Agency separately reported that a sanctioned Iranian supertanker had crossed
vessels tracked from Iranian ports appear to have crossed a US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data suggests. President Donald Trump said the US blockade of Iranian
blockade of Iranian ports represented “acts of piracy and maritime theft”, adding that the control over Hormuz is “under the strict management and control of the armed forces”. “Until the US restores full freedom
vessels. At the same time, the US has blockaded Iranian ports since April 13 in a bid to disrupt Tehran’s oil exports and access to foreign currency. UK-based maritime intelligence company Lloyd
Iranian state news outlet IRNA later reported that Tehran would not participate in the talks, citing the US blockade and Washington’s “excessive demands” and “unrealistic expectations”. A two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran
blockade began in March. According to a March report by shipping journal Lloyd’s List, at least two vessels that have transited the strait so far have also paid a toll to Iran in yuan
News Agency. - The 14-point Iranian plan includes guarantees of nonaggression, the withdrawal of US forces from the vicinity of Iran, the lifting of the US naval blockade, the release of Iran’s frozen assets
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
Iranian nuclear enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit through the Strait of Hormuz. It cited two US officials and two other sources - all unnamed - whom it described as briefed on the issues
blockading Iranian ports and mounting escorted transits for commercial vessels. The US military spokesperson said that ship owners and insurance companies have responded positively to the operation, which has “just begun” and is aimed
crossing between Turkey and Iran, in eastern Van province, Turkey, March 2, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4055x4055+1269+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F05%2F59%2Fdb51cff74d82ba83477a71df6940%2Fap26061721060765.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/g-s1-118339/iran-internet-access-turkey) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iranians are leaving the country just to access the internet](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/g-s1-118339/iran-internet-access-turkey)
blockade and six merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman”. Independent reports confirmed that some tankers that had been approaching
blockaded following the US and Israeli attacks on the country on February 28. The closure of the vital maritime corridor – through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s energy supplies flow – has sent
news agency published on Saturday, Tehran will offer insurance for vessels transiting the strait and surrounding Gulf waters, with payments settled in cryptocurrency. Since the US-Israel war on Iran began on February 28, Iranian
Cross while campaigning for the Green party leadership, [the charity has said](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/zack-polanski-falsely-claimed-to-be-british-red-cross-spokesperson-charity-says). 2. ***Fuel shortages***| Two million airline seats have been [cut from this month’s schedules](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/airline-seats-cut-jet-fuel-prices) as airlines
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
blockades, taking the region back to the brink of full-scale war. The fresh volleys of missiles and drones came after **Donald Trump** launched a new effort to get stranded tankers and other ships through
news conference. “The one who has politicised and securitised the issue of ports is the United States.” On Wednesday, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said in a statement that he welcomed the “solidarity of friendly
news agency that Tehran is “positively reviewing” its participation, amid reports that its delegation would again be headed by parliamentary speaker [Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/iran-parliament-speaker-mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf-white-house) if Vance attends. Tehran called
US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful