The US military says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports today, after talks between the warring sides in Pakistan collapsed, with President Donald Trump blaming the Islamic Republic’s refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
“The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” US Central Command says in a statement, adding it will begin at 1400 GMT (5 p.m. in Israel).
US forces will not impede vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports, it adds.
Trump, on his Truth Social platform, confirms the US military’s statement, a more limited operation than envisaged in an earlier post in which he asserted all ships trying to enter or exit the strait would be blocked.
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