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Trump vows to maintain Iran blockade, Tehran threatens ‘practical’ action

Al Jazeera · · 744 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“President Donald Trump says the United States will continue its naval blockade of Iran until a nuclear deal is reached with Tehran.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that President Trump stated the US will maintain the naval blockade of Iran until a nuclear deal is reached.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump says the United States will continue its naval blockade of Iran until a nuclear deal is reached with Tehran. The US president told Axios on Wednesday that he does not want ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/trump-vows-to-maint…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has told his top advisers in recent days he wants the US naval blockade of Iranian ports to continue, sources familiar with the talks said, and his team has begun laying the ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/blockade-extension-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump says Iran will remain under a naval blockade until a nuclear deal is reached, with CENTCOM preparing for potential military strikes if negotiations fail.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-894640
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“The US president told Axios on Wednesday that he does not want to end his blockade on Iranian ports”
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The claim that Trump told Axios he does not want to end the blockade is explicitly mentioned in the web search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay informed and read the latest breaking news and updates on Donald Trump from AP News, the definitive source for independent journalism.
https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump
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web search NEUTRAL — 14 hours ago · Donald Trump is the 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–21; 2025– ). Following his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Trump became only the second president to serve two n…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump
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“Iran has set lifting the siege as a precondition for returning to the talks.”
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Web search results indicate Iran's proposal focuses on lifting the US sea blockade as a way of ending the war and a precondition for further nuclear negotiations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran, [c] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, [d] historically known as Persia, [e] is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the C…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The U.S. continues to wait for Iran's response to its latest peace proposal, as the fragile ceasefire is still holding. President Trump said Saturday he "expects to hear very soon" from t…
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-attac…
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web search NEUTRAL — 12 hours ago · Iran is a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The heart of the Persian empire of antiquity, Iran has long played an important role in the region as a…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran
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“Iran offered a limited deal this week that would end its own blockade on Hormuz in exchange for the end of the siege on its ports.”
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Two independent sources (Bloomberg and another web result) confirm Iran offered an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the US ending the blockade of Iranian ports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 13 April, the US has blockaded Iranian ports, leading to a "dual blockade" of the strait. Until the US–Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was open and about 25% of the world's seabor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran has offered the United States a new proposal for negotiations that focuses on opening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the U.S. sea blockade on Iran as a way of ending the war and then tackling n…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/middleeast/iran-tru…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s latest proposal, essentially an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for Washington ending its blockade of Iranian ports, is another sign that any accord that fully addresses…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/trump-s-a…
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“At least two commercial ships linked to Iran have been captured by the US as part of the siege.”
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Evidence from Wikipedia and Maritime News confirms the seizure of Iranian-flagged ships (e.g., the Touska) and other noncompliant vessels during the blockade.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. [6][7][8][9][10] The US military said the blockade had begun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. forces fired on two Iranian oil tankers after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. And the United Arab Emirates reported another Iranian missile and drone attack.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/g-s1-121061/iran-war-updates
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web search NEUTRAL — From April 15-19, 2026, US naval forces enforced a blockade of Iranian ports by seizing an Iranian-flagged container ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman and seizing any noncompliant vessels in the Strait …
https://www.maritimenews.com/iran-naval-engagements/us-navy-…
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“The US military said on Monday that it has also redirected 39 vessels in the regional waters over the past weeks.”
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Different sources provide conflicting numbers for redirected vessels: one source mentions 58 commercial vessels, another mentions at least 31 vessels, and another mentions 23 vessels.
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web search NEUTRAL — US says 58 commercial vessels redirected under naval blockade of Iran. 13 hours ago. Save for later.Iran: From now on actions of the US maritime blockade will be met with military response.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The situation escalated after the US imposed a naval blockade on Iran. According to the US military, since mid-April, at least 31 vessels, mostly oil tankers, have been forced to change course or retu…
https://unn.ua/en/news/traffic-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US Navy has so far managed to escort only two vessels through the waters, the report claimed.The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) dismissed a claim by the United States Central Command over t…
https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1778138568814574282/CNN-Almost-16…
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“Iran has responded by also seizing vessels it accuses of violating maritime regulations.”
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Al Jazeera and Colitco both report that Iran has seized vessels, claiming they violated maritime regulations, in response to the US actions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker in a “special operation” in the Gulf of Oman, as the United States military says it disabled two tankers seeking t…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/iran-says-it-has-sei…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran stated both ships violated maritime regulations.The US naval blockade of Iranian ports entered its tenth day on Thursday. CENTCOM confirmed that 23 vessels have complied with US orders to turn ar…
https://colitco.com/iran-seizes-ships-hormuz-us-blockade-pea…
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web search NEUTRAL — US and Iran in blockade standoff as Pakistan pushes for talks. Why did Trump decide to blockade Iranian ports?Shortly after, Trump said the US naval blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place unt…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o
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“the price of one gallon of petrol has surpassed $4.22 ($1.11 per litre) – up from less than $3 ($0.79 per litre) before the war.”
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The provided web search results for the US are general Wikipedia and news pages and do not contain specific petrol price data for the period mentioned.
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. civilian airlines are all privately owned. The three largest airlines in the world, by total number of passengers carried, are U.S.-based; American Airlines became the global leader after its 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S. or US) or colloquially as America, is a country that is mainly in North America. It is made of 50 states, 1 federal district (…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Reuters.com is your online source for the latest US news stories and current events, ensuring our readers up to date with any breaking news developments
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
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“The international benchmark Brent crude oil futures jumped to more than $119 per barrel on Wednesday”
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No evidence was found after searching for Brent crude oil prices for the specific Wednesday mentioned.
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“Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that the US is trying to “activate economic pressure and internal division””
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“an unidentified senior security source told Iran’s state-owned Press TV that the blockade will soon be met with “practical and unprecedented action”.”
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“Trump reiterated his claim that the US has severely degraded Iran’s military capabilities.”
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“Tehran denies seeking a nuclear weapon, but insists on its right to enrich uranium domestically.”
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“Iran has also ruled out limiting its missile and drone production or ending support for regional allies like Hezbollah and Hamas”
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“After the ceasefire was reached earlier this month, US and Iranian officials held one round of talks in Pakistan”
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“Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in St Petersburg two days earlier.”
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“the Kremlin said Russia has put forward a “number of proposals designed to resolve the disagreements surrounding the Iranian nuclear program”.”
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“Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Araghchi met Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)”
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