Trump says US to blockade ships crossing Strait of Hormuz
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“US President Donald Trump says the US Navy will immediately blockade the Strait of Hormuz”
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Multiple independent sources, including TASS and several reports aggregated via Flipboard, confirm that President Donald Trump stated the US Navy would begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately.
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— President Donald Trump says the United States Navy will begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz “immediately” after peace talks between the US and Iran in Pakistan …
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-blasts-pope-leo-for-c…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-blasts-pope-leo-for-c…
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— US Navy to enforce blockade, Trump says after condemning Iran for blocking waterway and complaining no agreement reached in Islamabad. President Donald Trump says the United States Navy will begin blo…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/iran-in-crisis-as-us-talks-…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/iran-in-crisis-as-us-talks-…
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— US Navy to enforce blockade, Trump says after condemning Iran for blocking waterway and complaining no agreement reached in Islamabad. President Donald Trump says the United States Navy will begin blo…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/iran-s-parliament-speaker-s…
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/iran-s-parliament-speaker-s…
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“US President Donald Trump says the US Navy will... intercept ships that pay tolls to Iran”
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Multiple web search results confirm Trump's statement regarding the interception of ships that pay tolls to Iran as part of the blockade strategy.
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— Washington — President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz and intercept vessels that have paid tolls to Iran, after marat…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade…
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— Following failed US-Iran talks in Islamabad, a fragile ceasefire is threatened. The US military will blockade Iranian ports, enforcing it impartially. President Trump warned against paying tolls to Ir…
https://gulfbusiness.com/en/2026/news/us-to-blockade-iran-wh…
https://gulfbusiness.com/en/2026/news/us-to-blockade-iran-wh…
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— Iran described one US ship interception earlier this week as "piracy". Trump has been hoping to put pressure on Tehran by targeting the country's oil revenues and tolls Tehran said it has collected fr…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgldw5ekrjpo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgldw5ekrjpo
“talks in Islamabad failed to produce a peace deal”
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Three independent web search results, including a report from CNN, explicitly state that the peace talks in Islamabad between the US and Iran failed to produce a deal.
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— CNN’s Nic Robertson explains how 21 hours of peace talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad failed to broker a deal.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/12/world/video/breaking-down…
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/12/world/video/breaking-down…
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— ISLAMABAD — The U.S. military said on Sunday that it will soon block ships from Iranian ports. It comes after the U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement in highly anticipated face-to-face peace ta…
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782538/u-s-iran-peace-…
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782538/u-s-iran-peace-…
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— The 21-hour marathon talks in Islamabad between the US and Iran ended with no deal. From the rigid red lines to Israel's Lebanon strikes and the standoff at the Strait of Hormuz, here are five key fac…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-iran-talks-islamaba…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-iran-talks-islamaba…
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