U.S. widens the Iran shipping blockade into a global search-and-seizure campaign
U.S. officials said the blockade now applies worldwide, expanded contraband rules to cover more cargoes, and linked the operation to renewed boarding, seizure, and strike threats under Operation Economic Fury.
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@osint613BREAKING 🔴🔴 USNAVCENT expands the Iran blockade worldwide. Iranian vessels, OFAC sanctioned ships, and suspected contraband carriers can now be boarded and seized by U.S. forces anywhere, with the move targeting Iran’s shadow fleet of more
@centcomU.S. Marines conduct live hoist training on the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7). Tripoli and its 3,500 Sailors and embarked Marines are executing the mission to blockade ships entering and departing
@warmonitor3There is reports from USNAVCENT that US blockade of Irans shipping is now being implemented world wide where ships can be boarded and seized everywhere.
@osint613REUTERS CLAIMS: Analysts say Iran could sustain a halt in oil exports for up to two months before being forced to cut production.
@oilheadlinenewsThe US expands the Iran blockade worldwide. Iranian vessels, OFAC sanctioned ships, and suspected contraband carriers can now be boarded and seized by U.S. forces anywhere, with the move targeting Iran’s shadow fleet of more than 570 tanker
@lloydslistUpdated guidance gives US Navy sweeping discretion to intercept almost any industrial cargo bound for Iran
@financialjuiceUS military widens scope of Iran shipping blockade to include contraband items such as munitions and weapons - Advisory note
@financialjuiceContraband items on ships also include oil, refined products, iron, steel, aluminium - US military advisory
@firstsquawkUS MILITARY EXPANDS IRAN SHIPPING BLOCKADE TO INCLUDE CONTRABAND LIKE MUNITIONS AND WEAPONS.
@deitaoneUS MILITARY WIDENS SCOPE OF IRAN SHIPPING BLOCKADE TO INCLUDE CONTRABAND ITEMS SUCH AS MUNITIONS, WEAPONS - ADVISORY NOTE
@firstsquawkUS MILITARY ADVISORY STATES CONTRABAND ON SHIPS INCLUDES OIL, REFINED PRODUCTS, IRON, STEEL, AND ALUMINIUM.
@phildstewart(Reuters) - US military forces have widened their shipping blockade on Iran to include cargoes deemed contraband and any vessels suspected of trying to reach Iranian territory will be "subject to belligerent right to visit and search", the
@zerohedge*US WIDENS SHIPPING BLOCKADE ON IRAN TO INCLUDE CONTRABAND: RTRS
@iranintl_enThe US military has widened its shipping blockade on Iran to include cargoes deemed contraband, with vessels suspected of heading to Iranian territory subject to search and seizure, the US Navy said in an advisory on Thursday. “These vesse
@lloydslistThe US Navy's new advisory asserts the right to board and seize Iran-linked vessels regardless of their location on the open seas. The expanded capture provisions could have implications for shadow fleet tankers operating in waters commonly
@staunovoUS military forces have widened their shipping blockade on Iran to include cargoes deemed contraband and any vessels suspected of trying to reach Iranian territory will be "subject to belligerent right to visit and search", the United State
@clashreportHegseth: To the Iranian military and the IRGC: we know what military assets you are moving and where you are moving them to.
@clashreportHegseth: We are reloading with more than ever before.
@financialjuiceUS Secretary of War Hegseth: Energy industry not destroyed 'yet', US blockade shutting down exports
@deitaoneHEGSETH: ENERGY INDUSTRY NOT DESTROYED 'YET', U.S. BLOCKADE SHUTTING DOWN EXPORTS
@deitaoneHEGSETH: FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WE WILL MAINTAIN BLOCKADE
@firstsquawkHEGSETH: ENERGY INDUSTRY NOT DESTROYED 'YET', U.S. BLOCKADE SHUTTING DOWN EXPORTS
@firstsquawkHEGSETH: FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WE WILL MAINTAIN BLOCKADE
@clashreportHegseth: You like to say publicly, Iran, that you control the Strait of Hormuz, but you don’t have a Navy or real domain awareness. You can’t control anything.
@clashreportHegseth: Threatening to shoot missiles and drones at ships—commercial ships that are lawfully transiting international waters—that is not control. That’s piracy. That’s terrorism.