{"id":504921,"date":"2026-04-16T20:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-u-s-claims-it-is-not-blocking-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-only-iranian-ports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:20:43","slug":"the-u-s-claims-it-is-not-blocking-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-only-iranian-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-u-s-claims-it-is-not-blocking-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-only-iranian-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. claims it is \"not blocking\" the Strait of Hormuz but only Iranian ports."},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Miami.-<\/strong> <strong>The United States Central Command (Centcom)<\/strong> stated this Thursday that the US Armed Forces \"are not blocking the Strait of Hormuz,\" but only ships leaving or heading to Iran, with at least 14 vessels diverted in the last three days.\n\n\u00abThe (aircraft carrier) USS Abraham Lincoln <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/enlaces\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"491852\"><strong>(CVN 72)<\/strong><\/a> transits the Arabian Sea while the United States blocks the ports of Iran and the coast. U.S. forces are NOT blocking the Strait of Hormuz,\u00bb the military organization, based in Miami, stated on its social media.\n\nMore than 10,000 military personnel, 12 ships, and 100 aircraft are implementing this blockade to \"ensure that no vessel violates the president's proclamation,\" Donald Trump, added Centcom.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-situacion-en-el-estrecho-de-ormuz\"><strong>The situation in the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\nIn a separate publication, Central Command reported that, after 72 hours of the operation, a total of 14 ships have turned around to \"comply with the blockade under the order of US forces\".\n\nHours earlier, the U.S. permanent representative to the UN, Mike Waltz, declared in the General Assembly that the Strait of Hormuz is too \"valuable\" to be closed despite President Trump ordering its blockade in response to Tehran's refusal to reopen it.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/STX01-USA-WHITE-HOUSE-BRIEFING.jpg?resize=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Trump Zelenski\" class=\"wp-image-1707923\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mike Waltz, asesor de Seguridad Nacional de Trump, en una fotograf\u00eda de archivo. EFE\/EPA\/SHAWN THEW \/ POOL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nAlthough the two-week ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran was conditioned on the reopening of Hormuz, traffic has not returned to pre-war levels, which has lasted for more than a month and a half.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/enlaces\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"491852\">The Venezuelan Parliament agrees on a work agenda with representatives of the European Union<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/category\/internacionales\/\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bloqueo-de-ee-uu-ordenado-por-trump\"><strong>US Lockdown Ordered by Trump<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\nAs a response, <a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/mundo\/2026-04-17\/estrecho-ormuz-iran-eeuu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/mundo\/2026-04-17\/estrecho-ormuz-iran-eeuu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump ordered<\/a> the U.S. Navy to block it as well and threatened to \u00abimmediately eliminate\u00bb any Iranian vessel that bypasses it.\n\nAlthough the United States has blocked ships related to Iranian trade, at least three tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the first full day of the US-imposed blockade against ships calling at Iranian ports, according to data from vessel monitoring platforms.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Estrecho_de_Ormuz_bloqueo_EEUU.webp?resize=900%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"EE.UU. dice que ning\u00fan buque logra romper su bloqueo a los puertos iran\u00edes en Ormuz\" class=\"wp-image-2620977\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fotograf\u00eda de archivo de un barco navegando por el estrecho de Ormuz, visto desde Khasab, en la provincia de Musandam (Om\u00e1n). EFE\/EPA\/ Ali Haider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe ships that have crossed the strait have departed from non-Iranian ports and the ships that the United States blocked left or were heading to Iranian ports.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami.- The United States Central Command (Centcom) stated this Thursday that the US Armed Forces &#8220;are not blocking the Strait of Hormuz,&#8221; but only ships leaving or heading to Iran, with at least 14 vessels diverted in the last three days. \u00abThe (aircraft carrier) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Arabian Sea while the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-504921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}