{"id":86767,"date":"2026-11-08T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=86767"},"modified":"2026-11-08T07:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:33:49","slug":"major-escalation-u-s-now-imposing-land-blockade-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=86767","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>MAJOR ESCALATION! U.S. Now Imposing Land Blockade On Iran<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86768\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-08-at-7.33.01-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-08-at-7.33.01-AM.png 652w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-08-at-7.33.01-AM-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What to know about the Iran war today:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. military&#8217;s Central Command announced Friday it is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2118856351858430019?a=ggxDRev2EPhP9RinpfQ&amp;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offering up to $20 million<\/a> and possible relocation in exchange for information about Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, its facilities, equipment or personnel.<\/li>\n<li>President Trump confirmed on Friday the U.S. carried out &#8220;minor strikes&#8221; on Iran, after local state media reported missiles striking Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz<\/li>\n<li>Central Command also announced the creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2119059918120526182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Task Force Iron Gate<\/a>, which is supposed to extend the success of the naval blockade to overland routes of trade. The group will be tasked with preventing military technology and illegal revenue streams from entering or exiting Iranian borders, including via the Caspian Sea, but it was unclear if any military force would be brought to bear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-us-strait-hormuz-persian-gulf\/\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-us-strait-hormuz-persian-gulf\/<\/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-86767","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\/86767","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=86767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86769,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86767\/revisions\/86769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}