Overview
- CENTCOM, which set a Monday 10 a.m. ET start, said the blockade covers all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, while allowing passage through the Strait of Hormuz to non‑Iranian ports.
- President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to detain vessels that paid Iranian transit fees and to start clearing mines, and he warned that Iranian boats approaching the cordon would be destroyed.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned it would treat military moves near the strait as a ceasefire breach and stop them decisively, and Israel raised readiness and updated target lists for potential action.
- Following Friday’s failed U.S.–Iran talks in Islamabad, The Wall Street Journal reported the White House is weighing options from limited strikes to a broader campaign, while Reuters said the U.K. and France will not join the blockade.
- Brent crude rose above $100 a barrel, reflecting stress on the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that carries a large share of the world’s oil and that saw deadly tanker attacks during the 1980s war.