United States President Trump Orders US Navy To Block Hormuz

After two days of hope, uncertainty loomed over West Asia after the American and Iranian teams failed to clinch a mutually acceptable deal during 21 hours of negotiations in Islamabad. 

Though the ceasefire survived failed talks on Sunday, US President Donald Trump escalated tensions by ordering a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran's “unyielding” refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions and completely open the crucial



waterway.

“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the finest in the world, will begin the process of blockading any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. 

“I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines that the Iranians laid in the Straits.”