Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it will enforce a blockade on all vessels that try to enter or depart Iranian ports under a presidential order.
- The command said the action will apply to ships of any flag headed to Iranian ports, and it will not block passage for traffic bound for other countries through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Mariners were told to watch official Notices to Mariners and to hail U.S. naval forces on bridge-to-bridge channel 16 when near the Gulf of Oman and the strait.
- The announcement followed weeks of failed diplomacy, including talks in Islamabad that did not produce a breakthrough with Iran.
- President Trump announced the move on social media, claimed Iran laid mines and charged transit tolls, and said other countries would help enforce it.