CENTCOM gives details on US blockade of Iran
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"The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas," CENTCOM said in a statement. The US Central Command (CENTCOM)
The destroyers were beginning mine-clearing operations in the vital waterway, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.
U.S. CENTCOM says forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz "to and from non-Iranian ports"
U.S. forces begin clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz as Trump warned talks must succeed or the U.S. will "reset."
United States Central Command has said that a naval blockade on traffic to and from Iranian ports will begin on Monday, 13 April, starting at 10 a.m. ET. The measure targets ships using Iranian ports,
U.S. Central Command announced that it will enforce a blockade on all vessels entering or departing Iranian ports. Earlier today, President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy would begin a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz hours after JD Vance and an American delegation failed to reach a peace deal with Iranian negotiators in Pakistan.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is a sticking point for both the United States and Iran in ceasefire talks, with Iran estimated to have between 2,000 and 6,000 naval mines. As ceasefire talks hit
ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Central Command has announced that it will begin a blockade of Iranian ports on Monday at 10 a.m. ET. CENTCOM said the blockade would be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations” entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.
The head of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), the military arm that oversees forces in the Middle East, said Thursday that troops “remain present” in the region amid a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Speaking in a video message posted to social media,
U.S. Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper directed a strike on an IRGC headquarters in an underground facility, sources indicated.