The latest evolution of the U.S.-Iran conflict is the American blockade of vessels going to or coming from Iranian ports, and this effort on the part of U.S. forces is “going global,” War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.
While the bombs, missiles, and drones have stopped flying, the United States and Iran are engaged in an economic war to see which side can withstand more pressure as both economies suffer.
The blockade went into effect more than a week and a half ago, and in that time, U.S. vessels have forced 34 vessels linked to Iran to turn around and go back to where they came, Hegseth told reporters during a Friday morning briefing at the Pentagon.
U.S. forces have seized or boarded multiple vessels in the last several days, including the M/T Majestic X, M/T Tifani, and M/V Touska, two of which were in the Indo-Pacific area. U.S. troops have turned
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