US President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iranian ships that come close to the US blockade of Iranian ports will be immediately "eliminated".
He wrote this in a post on his social media, Truth Social.
- If any of these ships come even close to our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated using the same killing system that we use against drug smugglers on boats at sea. It is fast and brutal, Trump writes.
The US military announced late Sunday evening Danish time that it will initiate a blockade of all ships to and from Iranian ports from Monday at 4 p.m. Danish time.
The US military's Central Command, Centcom, announced this on Sunday on the social media X. There have been no further announcements since.
The military announced on Sunday that the blockade will apply to all ships from all nations that call at or leave Iranian ports and coastal areas - including all Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
However, the US military will allow vessels that are not on their way to or from Iran to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Centcom announced on Sunday that further information would be provided before the blockade takes effect on Monday.
US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the blockade would be introduced and that US forces would block all ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
The strait is a crucial maritime bottleneck for the world's energy supply.
It is the only sea route from the Persian Gulf to the open sea, making the strait crucial for oil exports from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Kuwait.
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