Since the early hours of this Monday, April 13, the US army began to apply a blockade to traffic maritime that enters or leaves the ports Iraniansbecause this measure occurs after the negotiators of Washington and Tehran failed to reach an agreement to end the warstarted in February.
According to what was stated by the British television network BBC, the United States Government will allow passage through the Strait of Hormuza crucial sea route that provides the only access from the Persian Gulf until the open oceanto all ships arriving or departing from other places different of Iranian territory.
Given this situation, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, He said that direct conversations with Iran in Pakistan They failed because the authorities in Tehran “were not willing to give up the enrichment of uranium or to your ambitions nuclear“, which continue to be a critical point of tension at the international level.
On the other hand, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry blamed to the “excessive demands and illegal requests” of the American president, who publicly accused the Islamic Republic of inflexibility and to search for more arms nuclear weapons, despite the fact that the Iranian authorities maintain that all their purposes are peaceful.
This is how the US will be able to block Iran’s ports
According to the American television network CNN, the Navy of the United States has the most difficult of the conflict in the Middle East: blocking Iran’s ports and clearing the strategic Strait of Hormuz from iranian minesso this blockade could cover “the whole of the Iranian coast”.
“I have instructed our Navy to locate and intercept all ships in international waters that have paid a toll to Iran. Nobody who pays a illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas,” Trump added, referring to Iran’s measure that implied charge to ships in exchange for guaranteeing safe passage.
Therefore, the objective of the mission is maximize pressure on Iran by strangling its cash flow from energy trade. However, before the global energy crisis caused by the war is resolved, this decision by Donald Trump will affect ships of any flag in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian sea.
Under the circumstances, the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations warned that all Vessels that “enter or leave the blocked zone without authorization will be subject to interception, diversion and capture“Additionally, they could be “severely sanctioned” by USA
Trump’s blockade of Iran
“The United States will block any and all ships that attempt to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz. Any Iranian who tells us shoot to us or to ships peaceful will be flown to hell“added Trump, who commented that at some point an agreement on the step will be reached, but Iran has not allowed that to happen.
“If any of these vessels approach our blockade, they will be eliminated by the same system that we use against drug traffickers on ships in high seas,” concluded the magnate, after assuring that the US will not block access to ports neutralso Hormuz is open to international shipping unrelated with Iran.