JAKARTA - The United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) announced in a post on the social media X, the US Navy blockade of ships heading to and from Iranian ports continued on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
The blockade began a day after President Donald Trump said it would be reimposed and the US would act as a "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command reiterated the deadline in a post on X minutes before it took effect, adding that the US was conducting more attacks on Iran's capabilities around the strait.
"These attacks come as American forces prepare to resume a naval blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas," the US CENTCOM post said, citing CNN (15/7).
Earlier, President Trump said on Monday that the United States would charge commercial shippers 20 percent of the value of their cargo to offset U.S. costs for "safety and security" in the strait.
However, he reversed himself on Tuesday, saying Persian Gulf Arab states would make a "Trade and Investment Deal with the United States."
Previously, the US imposed a blockade on Iranian ports at the beginning of the war for about two months, between April and June. The enforcement operation stretched from the Middle East to the Indian Ocean, which is thousands of miles away.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
