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U.S. Blockade Has Turned Back Six Ships Leaving Strait of Hormuz
- On Monday, United States Central Command initiated a naval blockade of all Iranian ports, deploying more than 10,000 personnel, over a dozen warships, and dozens of aircraft to enforce the restrictions.
- President Donald Trump ordered the blockade after high-level peace talks between U.S. and Iranian delegations in Pakistan failed to yield agreement, prompting this military action to increase pressure on Tehran.
- During the first 24 hours, CENTCOM reported Tuesday that "no ships made it past the U.S. blockade and six merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman."
- Oil prices surged above $100 a barrel as market uncertainty mounted, though CENTCOM emphasized that "the blockade will not impede neutral transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz to or from non-Iranian destinations."
- President Trump suggested "something could be happening over the next two days" in Islamabad as talks potentially resume, though analysts warn the blockade risks stressing the fragile ceasefire and provoking retaliation from Tehran.
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Miami (USA), 15 Mar (EFE).- The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said this Wednesday that it has prevented the passage of 10 ships with origin or destination in Iran after 48 hours of the blockade ordered by President Donald Trump in the Strait of Ormuz. The Florida-based military agency claimed in X that the U.S. Armed Forces in the area, including 5,000 sailors from the Abraham Lincoln Air Carrier Attack Group, have caused 10 ships to return in …
However, data from shipping tracking websites shows that at least three ships, originating from Iranian ports, have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the blockade was implemented.
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