{"id":193064,"date":"2026-07-13T12:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193064"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:43:21","slug":"west-asia-war-live-trump-says-u-s-is-reinstating-maritime-blockade-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193064","title":{"rendered":"West Asia war LIVE: Trump says U.S. is reinstating maritime blockade on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">President Donald Trump said that the United States has reinstated its maritime blockade on Iran and would be paid for guarding the Strait of Hormuz after declaring that it would be \u201ctaking over\u201d the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran\u2019s ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait. The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as \u201cTHE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,\u201d but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World,\u201d Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. President\u2019s comments came after US and Iranian attacks of a scale unseen since an April ceasefire in the conflict in the Middle East, adding to doubts about efforts to bring a permanent end to the war that has halted shipping through the strait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/us-iran-war-live-updates-missile-attacks-strait-of-hormuz-donald-trump-mojtaba-khamenei-cenctom-irgc-ceasefire-deal\/article71215794.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said that the United States has reinstated its maritime blockade on Iran and would be paid for guarding the Strait of Hormuz after declaring that it would be \u201ctaking over\u201d the strategic waterway. \u201cWe are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran\u2019s ships or customers from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-13T124619Z_1809658409_RC2YCMAL538B_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-OMAN-HORMUZ.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193352,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193352","url_meta":{"origin":193064,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Piracy\u2019: Will Trump\u2019s 20 percent Hormuz toll find takers? | Conflict News","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Amid renewed escalation between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump says the US will restart its naval blockade of Iran and \u201cbecome the guardian\u201d of the Strait of Hormuz. 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