{"id":60563,"date":"2026-04-18T07:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=60563"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:53:13","slug":"closed-again-iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-has-reverted-to-strict-control-blames-u-s-naval-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=60563","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>CLOSED AGAIN! Iran says Strait of Hormuz has reverted to &#8216;strict control,&#8217; blames U.S. naval blockade<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60564\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-18-at-9.48.57-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-18-at-9.48.57-AM.png 583w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-18-at-9.48.57-AM-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-1 relative _headline_l3zna_88\">What to know<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mb-0 text-lg\">\n<li class=\"mb-2\"><strong>HORMUZ RESTRICTED:\u00a0<\/strong>Iranian military officials said this morning that it has reasserted &#8220;strict control&#8221; over the Strait of Hormuz, citing the continued U.S. blockade of its ports, just one day after declaring the waterway \u201ccompletely open.\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\"><strong>BLOCKADE OF IRAN PORTS:\u00a0<\/strong>The U.S. says 23 ships have been turned back since its blockade of Iranian ports began on Monday. President Donald Trump said yesterday that the blockade \u201cwill remain in full force\u201d until the two sides reach a peace deal, citing ongoing discussions following talks last weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/live-blog\/live-updates-iran-says-strait-hormuz-reverted-strict-control-blames-us-rcna340767\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/live-blog\/live-updates-iran-says-strait-hormuz-reverted-strict-control-blames-us-rcna340767<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60566,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60563\/revisions\/60566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}