US to Blockade Strait of Hormuz

The United States military has announced a comprehensive naval blockade of Iranian ports starting Monday afternoon following the failure of high-level negotiations in Pakistan.

President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Navy to 'clean out' the strategic waterway and interdict any vessels paying tolls to Tehran, though non-Iranian traffic is theoretically permitted.

This move jeopardizes a fragile two-week ceasefire and has immediately sent global oil prices surging past $100 per barrel.

International maritime intelligence reports that shipping through the Strait has already begun to halt as tankers steer clear of the looming military theater.