The US military said Tuesday it prevented six ships from leaving Iranian ports during the first 24 hours of the naval blockade against the Islamic republic.
The Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for US forces in the Middle East, said that more than 10,000 US troops, more than a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft are participating in the blockade.
“During the first 24 hours, no ships managed to bypass the US blockade and six merchant vessels complied with instructions from US forces to turn around to return to an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.
The Strait of Hormuz does not belong to Iran
“The blockade applies impartially to ships of all nations entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,” it added.
Iranian forces closed the Strait of Hormuz as if it were theirs, when the passage belongs to all countries. Iran did not build the Strait, it is a natural sea route for world trade, unlike the Panama Canal, which does belong to that Central American country, because it is a work built by the United States.
Against the right of countries to global trade, the regime claimed the supposed right to close that maritime access as the only option to harm and harm not only Washington, but all the countries of the Middle East, Europe and Asia that have been the most affected because they depend on it for their supplies, especially gas and oil.
On Sunday, the United States now applies its blockade after Iran did not accept a single point from the United States in the alleged negotiation or Iran’s surrender.
