Chicago – April 14, 2026
Six weeks after the beginning of the war with Iran, President Donald Trump is giving the United States Navy its most difficult jobs of the conflict: blockading Iran’s ports and clearing the strategic Strait of Hormuz of any Iranian mines.
The blockade order would apply to all Iranian ports, both inside and outside the strait from 10 a.m. ET Monday, US Central Command said. Iran has had a chokehold on the strait, a critical passage for the global energy trade, since the war broke out.
Trump indicated that mission would have an even wider scope, possibly well outside the Persian Gulf.
