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NATO now wants to help with Hormuz, according to Trump

The Navy will intercept vessels tied to Iranian ports and begin clearing mines, while oil prices jumped more than 7%, Reuters reported.

  • On Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to immediately blockade the Strait of Hormuz, preventing all vessels from entering or leaving the strategic waterway to stop transit tolls to Iran, which the administration termed 'extortion.'
  • Following 21 hours of failed negotiations in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said both sides could not reach agreement on Iran's nuclear program, prompting the blockade order.
  • Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps warned that "any miscalculated move will trap the enemy in the deadly whirlpools" of the strait, while the U.S. military plans to clear mines the Iranians allegedly laid in the waterway.
  • The Strait of Hormuz facilitates roughly 20% of global oil and gas transit daily; disruptions could drive prices significantly higher as at least 3,000 have died in the conflict since February 28.
  • Geopolitical tensions remain high as the U.S. positions the USS Gerald Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf, with observers warning that continued hostility could trigger wider regional instability and disrupt international maritime commerce.
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This time it is the US that has blocked the Strait of Ormuz, following the failure of the negotiations in Islamabad. US President Donald Trump has threatened Monday with “immediately” removing the boats of the Iranian Navy that try to circumvent the blockade ordered by Washington. The US Army warns that it will use the same methods as in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers’ boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. “If any of these ships…

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According to earlier information from Washington, the sea blockade of the Strait of Hormus has been in force since the afternoon. On the net, US President Trump warns Tehran of a reaction. Iranian speedboats would be "eliminated immediately" when approaching.

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