The US began its naval blockade preventing ships from leaving or entering Iranian ports via the Strait of Hormuz Monday after President Trump vowed to end Tehran’s “extortion” of other nations transiting the critical oil chokepoint.
The blockade will be enforced “impartially,” according to Tampa, Fla.-based US Central Command, which noted that vessels going to or from non-Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf would not be stopped.
Fourteen ships transited the strait on Sunday — while even fewer have exited or entered each day since the US and Iran agreed to a two-week cease-fire, according to the trade data and analytics platform Kpler.
Trump announced the blockade on Sunday, saying in a Truth Social post: “THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States
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