{"id":25777,"date":"2026-04-14T06:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/u-s-president-says-the-right-people-seek-deal-despite-start-of-iran-blockade\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:22:04","slug":"u-s-president-says-the-right-people-seek-deal-despite-start-of-iran-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/u-s-president-says-the-right-people-seek-deal-despite-start-of-iran-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. President says \u201cthe right people\u201d seek deal despite start of Iran blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will no longer be allowed to \u201cextort the world\u201d as a naval blockade of the country\u2019s ports officially commenced on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_a87551053f3c9a46aaac2fa572ab7003\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The U.S. military initiated a full naval blockade of all Iranian ports Monday evening following a deadline set by the White House.<\/li>\n<li>President Trump warned that any Iranian vessels attempting to breach the blockade will be destroyed to prevent Tehran from further extorting the global community.<\/li>\n<li>Commercial ships are still permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, provided they are not traveling to or from Iranian coastal destinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t let a country blackmail or extort the world, because that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Trump said in recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/trump-claims-iran-again-expressed-interest-in-deal-after-us-naval-blockade-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\">comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that maritime access restrictions are now being enforced across the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the blockade targets all vessels entering or departing Iranian coastal areas, transit through the strait remains open for ships heading to non-Iranian destinations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command confirmed the military will enforce these measures impartially against ships of any nation found trading with the targeted ports.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuclear deadlock and military warnings<\/h1>\n<p>President Donald Trump, speaking outside the Oval Office, linked the military action to failed weekend negotiations in Islamabad regarding Tehran\u2019s nuclear ambitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran will not have a nuclear weapon. And we agreed to a lot of things, but they didn\u2019t agree to that,\u201d the President said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized the necessity of recovering 60% enriched uranium left over from the June 2025 conflict, asserting, \u201cwe\u2019re going to get the dust back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On social media, the President issued a direct threat to any Iranian naval assets attempting to interfere with the operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED,\u201d he wrote, comparing the engagement rules to those used against maritime drug traffickers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the aggressive stance, he claimed that \u201cthe right people\u201d from within the country had contacted his administration earlier that morning to express a desire for a new agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The President dismissed concerns over the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz to the United States, citing American energy independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t use this strait,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe have our own oil and gas, much more than we need.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the blockade has already triggered a rise in global oil prices, leading to higher costs for American motorists and contributing to broader inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei responded to the restrictions by questioning the logic of the American strategy on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it ever worthwhile to cut off one\u2019s nose to spite one\u2019s face?!\u201d Baghaei wrote, characterizing the blockade as an act of revenge that primarily threatens the stability of the global economy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will no longer be allowed to \u201cextort the world\u201d as a naval blockade of the country\u2019s ports officially commenced on Monday evening.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25778,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25777\/revisions\/25778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}