US EditionUS Navy chief out as Iran seizes 2 ships amid Hormuz blockade
Iran said the ships lacked permits and tampered with navigation systems, while the Pentagon said Navy Secretary John C. Phelan is leaving immediately.
- On Wednesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps seized two container ships, the MSC-Francesca and Epaminondas, in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing them of operating without permits and endangering maritime security.
- Tensions surged as dueling U.S. and Iranian blockades choked the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway carrying 20 percent of global oil, with the U.S. maintaining its blockade on Iranian ports since April 13.
- Amid these escalations, U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan departed the administration Wednesday, with the Pentagon announcing that Undersecretary Hung Cao will assume the acting secretary role immediately.
- Military officials from 30 countries will convene in London to discuss reopening the waterway, while President Donald Trump extended a two-week ceasefire to allow Tehran more time to submit a peace proposal.
- Brent crude prices rose above $99 a barrel amid the standoff, and Lufthansa cut 20,000 flights in anticipation of potential jet fuel shortages this summer as global energy markets face mounting pressure.
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Middle East crisis live: US and Iran in blockade stalemate as Washington’s navy secretary leaves office ‘immediately’
Iran says two seized ships transferred to its coast; US navy secretary exiting post ‘effective immediately’, says Pentagon ‘Impossible’ to reopen strait of Hormuz amid ‘flagrant’ ceasefire breaches, Iran says The Pentagon abruptly announced that the secretary of the US navy, John Phelan, would be…
In the middle of the sea blockade of the Strait of Hormus, the U.S. government changes its Secretary of State responsible for the Navy. Iran News on the blog.
The U.S. Navy is currently in focus because of Iran's blockade. At that time of all events, the Secretary of the Navy of the Trump administration must clear his post. Phelan is said to have overthrew himself with Defence Minister Hegseth.
Iran Seizes Ships, closes Hormuz until US lifts Blockade
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The naval branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps announced Wednesday that it had sequestered two container ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz without paying the toll that Iran demands, accusing them of jeopardizing Gulf security. It appears from the IRGC accusation that they were “manipulating navigation systems” that they were sailing with their transponders off so that they could not be tr…
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