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Here’s how the US blockade of Strait of Hormuz will likely work after peace talks fail

Nypost · · 844 words · By Ronny Reyes
Maritime Law and Enforcement Global Energy Security US-Iran conflict
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The US blockade on the Strait of Hormuz is preventing ships from entering or exiting all of Iran’s ports”
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Multiple independent news sources (NPR, OPB, and another web search result) confirm that the US military announced a blockade of all Iranian ports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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“The blockade began at 10 a.m. ET Monday”
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While the blockade itself is corroborated, the specific time '10 a.m. ET Monday' is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets, though the day 'Monday' is mentioned in the context of the blockade start.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“The blockade will not “impede freedom of navigation” for vessels transiting the strait to and from other ports, CENTCOM said.”
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The provided evidence mentions CENTCOM press releases and general operations, but does not contain the specific quote or statement regarding the 'freedom of navigation' for non-Iranian ports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_2026_Ir…
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“The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman”
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Multiple sources (NPR, OPB, and other web results) confirm the US military's intention to block ships from Iranian ports following the collapse of peace talks in Pakistan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the 2026 Iran war began with United States and Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February 2026, locations across Saudi Arabia have been subject to multiple retaliatory Iranian missile strikes. The s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Saudi_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Saudi Arabia are engaged in a proxy war over influence in the Middle East and other regions of the Muslim world. The two countries have provided varying degrees of support to opposing sides i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Saudi_Arabia_proxy_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“Iran laid mines in the strait”
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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry on the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis and a New York Times report, confirm that Iran has deployed naval mines in the strait.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — This is the second time Iran has mined the strait since the war began. It remains unclear whether all the mines from the first round have been found and cleared.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/23/iran-strait-hormuz-mines-tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran has strangled one of the world’s most critical shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz, by threatening merchant ships and attacking tankers. But Iran also has more than 5,000 naval mines in its ars…
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/13/world/middlee…
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“The Strait of Hormuz serves as a critical trade route that oversees the flow of 20% of the world’s oil supply”
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Four independent high-authority news sources (Al Jazeera, CNBC x2, The Guardian) all confirm that approximately 20% (or a fifth) of the world's oil supply flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — about 20 percent of the world’s oil supply flowed [through the Strait of Hormuz] before the war began.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/12/trump-downplays-us-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The strait, prior to the war, saw nearly a fifth of the world's oil and gas supply flow through it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/oil-today-brent-wti-iran-tru…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Flows through the Strait of Hormuz — which typically make up about a fifth of the world's total oil and gas supply — have been severely constrained since the U.S.-Iran conflict began on Feb. 28
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/europe-oil-shortage-iran-war…
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“around 130 to 150 ships traveling through the passage every day before the war began”
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The evidence mentions that about 100 ships passed between March 1 and March 20, but does not provide the specific pre-war daily average of 130-150 ships.
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web search NEUTRAL — Strait of Hormuz transits dropping away in early 2026.[94]. On 2 March, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officially confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz was closed and that any ship that entered t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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web search NEUTRAL — About 100 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz between 1 March and 20 March, BBC Verify analysis showed earlier this month.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Blocks Iranian-Linked Ships From Sailing Through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said that six vessels had complied with directions to turn around and re-enter an Iranian port.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/strait-of-hormuz…
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“After war broke out Feb. 28, only a handful of ships were allowed to cross the strait, with traffic peaking at only about seven ships a day in late March.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'following' and does not contain any factual data regarding ship traffic in late March.
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web search NEUTRAL — Following is most commonly used in expressions like the following day and the following week. Following can also be a preposition. It is usually used to indicate that one event happens after another a…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/following
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web search NEUTRAL — Grammar Following or the following? We use following without the + noun phrase to mean ‘after’, ‘in response to’ or ‘as a result of’: …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/followin…
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web search NEUTRAL — FOLLOWING definition: a body of followers, attendants, adherents, etc. See examples of following used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/following
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“The vast majority of the ships that were traveling through the strait during the war were owned by Iran or a member of its shadow fleet”
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CBS and Lloyd's List Intelligence (via web search) both report that the majority of ships transiting the strait during the conflict were Iranian-linked or part of a shadow fleet.
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web search NEUTRAL — Only about 150 vessels, including tankers and container ships, have transited the strait since March 1, according to data firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence. Most were linked to Iran and countries such as…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/french-owned-contain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran and Iran blockading the Gulf.[28][not verified in body]. On 17 April, due to an Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement, Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz would be open to commercial shipping d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump said Iran gave him the "present" of letting eight oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but the majority of ships making the passage are Iranian, including.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz…
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“Only 14 vessels went through the strait on both Saturday and Sunday as the peace talks collapsed and Trump issued the blockade order”
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No evidence was found for this specific claim regarding Kpler data and the number of vessels on the Saturday and Sunday preceding the blockade.
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“Two Iranian-linked ships got through the Strait of Hormuz early Monday before the blockade went into effect”
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“crude jumping back up above $100 a barrel on Monday”
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