US Imposes Ironclad Blockade on Iran

0:00It's April 24, I'm Cory with the story. This is US News Today, driven by AI and built for America. War Secretary Pete Hagueceth announced Friday that the United States has slapped an iron clad blockade on Iran, tightening by the hour as part of. Operation Epic Fury to shut down their nuclear push. US Navy ships are turning back any vessel headed to or from Iranian ports, enforcing it from the Gulf of Oman, all the way to open oceans worldwide. Earlier this week, they seized two Iranian dark fleet ships in the Indo-Pacific, even though those left before the blockade kicked in. 34 non-Iranian vessels got the green light to pass as of Friday morning, and a second US aircraft carrier is steaming in soon to amp up the pressure. Hagueceth made it clear. Nothing moves through the straight-of-horn moves without Navy say so. This ramps up the heat on Iran's revolutionary garcore, which Hagueceth called a bunch of pirates firing on commercial ships and laying mines. Because they're real Navy-us-toast. For 47 years, he's saying Iran has targeted Americans, soldiers, and allies,

1:04but now US forces have orders to shoot and destroy any. Thressed to our shipping or troops, no questions asked. Meanwhile, the strategy mixes this military squeeze with a diplomatic door still cracked open for Tafran to cut a deal and drop the nukes. President Trump is in no rush, telling them we've got all the time in the world. Hagueceth is pushing allies in Europe and Asia to step up, too, since they rely on those sea lanes more than we do. The blockade rolls on as long as needed, choking Iran's shaky economy until they back off the bomb for good, with US forces locked, loaded, and ready for whatever's next.