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Posted on 04/18/2026 12:04:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports.
The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night, warning that “no vessel should make any movement from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy” and be targeted.
New attacks on the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil normally passes, threatened to deepen the global energy crisis and push the countries into renewed conflict as the war entered its eighth week.
A fragile ceasefire is due to run out by Wednesday. Iran said it had received new proposals from the United States, and Pakistani mediators were working to arrange another round of direct negotiations.
Iran’s joint military command earlier said “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.”
Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker and an unknown projectile hit a container vessel, damaging some containers, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. India’s foreign ministry said it summoned Iran’s ambassador over the “serious incident” of firing on two India-flagged merchant ships, especially after Iran earlier let several India-bound ships through.
For Iran, the strait’s closure — imposed after the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28 during talks over Tehran’s nuclear program — is perhaps its most powerful weapon, threatening the world economy and inflicting political pain on President Donald Trump. For the United States, the blockade...
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No one trusts those clowns.
It really is outrageous Iran can control such a strategic sea lane.
Here is some audio of a ship that’s being fired upon-
https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2045503858130956788?s=46
Whether the war was a good idea or not, you need to finish them off.
Paging US Navy cariers!
YUP
Waiting for the cease fire to end.
Which is, uh, sort of not honoring a ceasefire.
I guess their answer is “Your move”
Bridges
Power Plants
Why wait?
The warthogs are beginning to snort.
The Iranians are hoping that if they can drag this out until November, Trump and the Republicans will lose their majorities in the House and Senate.
I’m not lyin’. I’m not jokin’.
I think four cruise ships got out in the last 24 hours.
A-10s work over water . Brrrrrrrrrrrp!
Help me out here. How can Iran close the Strait of Hormuz if they have no navy? Trump said we have effectively destroyed their military, including the Iranian navy. At the same time, the U.S. has a huge military presence there. Are we calling the shots or not?
Some idiot is firing rifle rounds at ships, and the India flagged vessels are complaining.
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