United States (U.S) President Donald Trump announced that the U.S military has officially initiated a blockade of Iranian ports.
Following the collapse of high-stakes peace negotiations in Islamabad over the weekend, the U.S President took to social media to warn that any Iranian vessels attempting to disrupt the operation or harass American warships would be “immediately eliminated.”
It was gathered that the U.S blockade of Iranian ports, which began at 10:00 a.m. EDT, aims to completely sever Iran’s maritime trade in response to its continued grip on the Strait of Hormuz.
Taking to his Truth Social platform, Trump said Iranian “attack ships” will be “eliminated” if they approach the U.S. naval blockade.
“Iran’s Navy is lying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated – 158 ships. What we have not hit are their small number of, what they call, “fast attack ships,” because we did not consider them much of a threat,” Trump wrote.
“Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea.”
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that the U.S blockade is set to encompass “the entirety of the Iranian coastline”, according to a note sent from U.S Central Command (Centcom) to seafarers.
The blockade will impact ships of any flag in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, east of the Strait of Hormuz.
Centcom had warned that vessels “entering or departing the blockaded area without authorization are subject to interception, diversion, and capture”, the note said.
It added that humanitarian shipments such as food and medical supplies would be allowed, subject to inspection.
The development comes after Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliament speaker who was part of Tehran’s negotiating team in Islamabad, warned on Sunday that the U.S siege in the Gulf will only raise gasoline prices for Americans.
The average price of one gallon (2.8 liters) of petrol in the U.S is now more than $4.12, up from less than $3 before the war began.
“Enjoy the current pump figures. With the so-called ‘blockade’, soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4–$5 gas,” Ghalibaf wrote on X.
Iran has vowed to defend its territorial waters, saying that the naval siege amounts to “piracy”.
Pan-Atlantic Kompass reports that this is the latest escalation of the crisis in the Middle East since the U.S and Israel jointly struck Iran in February 2026.
