The standoff implicit the Strait of Hormuz escalated again connected Saturday (April 18, 2026) arsenic Iran reversed its reopening of the important waterway and fired connected ships attempting to pass, successful retaliation aft the United States pressed up with its blockade of Iranian ports.
The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy said connected Saturday night, informing that "no vas should marque immoderate question from its anchorage successful the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and approaching the Strait of Hormuz volition beryllium considered arsenic practice with the enemy" and beryllium targeted.

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