U.S.-Iran blockade standoff escalates as Tehran reroutes shipping and Washington reinforces the Gulf

@marionawfal

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 IRAN PORTS LOCKED DOWN, SIX SHIPS TURNED BACK Retired U.S. Admiral Mark Montgomery says any ship paying Iran's illegal toll is complicit in violating international maritime law. Iran tried to choke off Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and K

@marionawfal

🇺🇸🇮🇷 CENTCOM confirms destroyers are enforcing the Iran blockade "impartially against vessels of all nations." 300+ sailors per ship trained in offensive and defensive maritime operations. The U.S. Navy is now customs enforcement for the

@ajenglish

RT @AJENews: BREAKING: US Navy has forced 8 Iran-linked oil tankers to turn back since Monday, report says 🔴 LIVE updates:

@business

An Iraq-bound supertanker that aborted a weekend attempt to cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf is now sailing through the waterway, that would make it the first to head west through conduit since the US blockade

@sentdefender

The U.S. Navy has intercepted a total of eight crude oil tankers attempting to enter or leave Iranian ports since the start of the blockade on Monday, in all cases, American forces contacted the crew by radio communications and instructed t

@thestudyofwar

Iran appears to have three other courses of action that it could take to respond to the US blockade on Iranian ports. It is unclear which course of action Iran will pursue at this time. The courses of action include: 1. Iran could agree to

@cnbc

Trump’s Hormuz blockade puts China, India in crosshairs as U.S. pressure on Iran spills over

@firstsquawk

Trump’s Hormuz blockade puts China, India in crosshairs as U.S. pressure on Iran spills over-CNBC

@hfi_research

ALICIA (IMO: 9281695)

@trenttelenko

RT @wretchardthecat: USN blockade turns back six vessels to Iranian ports. Central Command also appears to be seeking to establish secure…

@trenttelenko

RT @Osint613: CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper: "A blockade of Iranian ports has been fully implemented as U.S. forces maintain maritim…

@cnbc

U.S. says Hormuz blockade 'fully implemented,' while signaling diplomatic off-ramp for Iran

@firstsquawk

Iran faces halt to oil production within weeks if US blockade succeeds-FT

@ft

Iran faces halt to oil production within weeks if US blockade succeeds

@staunovo

RT @NoamRaydan: 1/3 As I said earlier, expect a lot of AIS manipulation amid the U.S. blockade: vessels assuming the identities of dead shi…

@staunovo

RT @NoamRaydan: 2/3 The U.S. has sanctioned many ships, and now the Navy is observing them across the maritime domain. Sanctioned ships, es…

@staunovo

RT @antoine_halff: The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that the effect of the US blockade of tankers going in and out of Ira…

@staunovo

RT @TankerTrackers: A non-Iranian VLCC supertanker capable of carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil, blacklisted by the US Office of Fore…

@staunovo

RT @HFI_Research: ALICIA (IMO: 9281695)

@staunovo

#Iran faces halt to oil production within weeks if US blockade succeeds Tehran has a maximum of 16 days of storage before it will need to curtail its output #oott

@staunovo

US destroyer interdicts two oil tankers attempting to leave Iran, official says

@aggregateosint

RT @Faytuks: CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper: "U.S. forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea"

@hfi_research

RT @antoine_halff: The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that the effect of the US blockade of tankers going in and out of Ira…

@reuters

The United States said its military had completely halted trade going in and out of Iran by sea, even though President Trump said talks with Tehran on ending the war could resume this week

@sfrantzman

Tehran is a bit confused and considering its response In some ways it prefers this because it gives it time to consider and the regime has always relied on time being in its favor