US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy “will begin blocking any and all ships attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz.”
He pointed out that the blockade will begin in the near future, and other countries will join it.
Trump said he also ordered the Navy to identify and detain ships in international waters that paid fees to Iran to pass through the strait. The US President said: “No one who pays illegal fees will have safe passage on the high seas.”
He promised that the United States would also begin removing mines in the Strait of Hormuz. “Any Iranian who fires on us or civilian ships will be sent straight to hell!” – Trump added.
Speaking about the results of the US-Iranian negotiations held in Pakistan on April 11 and 12, Trump said that the two sides failed to agree on the nuclear issue.
During the talks, on April 11, Trump announced that the US military had begun “Operation Clearance of the Strait of Hormuz.”
to update. Trump said that “many countries will help” the United States in the Strait of Hormuz. According to him wordsGreat Britain and other countries send minesweepers to search for mines. Meanwhile, the British Govt maleThe British authorities support freedom of navigation and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States and Iran agreed on the night of April 8 to cease hostilities for two weeks. One of the basic conditions for the truce was the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supplies pass. On the first day of the agreement, Iran allowed several ships to pass, after which the strait was closed again due to Israeli strikes on Lebanon.
During the weeks of war, Iran charged some ships $1 million in fees to pass through the strait, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the publication, about 250 ships agreed to pay these fees. Most of the Iranian ships and tankers of the Shadow Fleet passed through the strait.