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Posted on April 12, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GooglePresident Trump posted on Truth Social on April 12 that the U.S. Navy will immediately begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz and interdict any vessel in international waters paying tolls to Iran. This follows a series of escalating actions around the strait amid the U.S.–Iran conflict.
April 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/ on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.
Trump made his remarks in a Truth Social post hours after U.S-.Iran peace talks ended L1N40U07M without a deal. Trump said the meeting "went well, most points were agreed," but added the two sides had not agreed on Iran's https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ nuclear program.
"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," said Trump, who is strongly opposed to the idea of Iran charging ships a toll to pass through the strait.
"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," he said.
(Reporting by David LjunggrenEditing by Bill Berkrot)
President Trump stated that the US Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump announced that every vessel in international waters that paid a toll to Iran would be interdicted.
President Trump made this announcement in a post on Truth Social.
The blockade was announced on Sunday, April 12.
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