Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz.The US navy is to blockade the Strait of Hormuz to all ships after talks to end the Iran war collapsed, Donald Trump has announced.
In a post on Truth Social, the US president accused Tehran of “extortion” for charging tolls for oil tankers to use the vital waterway.
Any ships which have paid money to Iran in order to safely sail through the strait will also be hunted down, Trump said.
His comments came after his vice-president JD Vance said that talks between US and Iranian officials in Pakistan had broken down without a peace deal being agreed.
Trump insisted the talks “went well”, but had broken down over Tehran’s refusal to...
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