{"id":6673,"date":"2026-04-17T22:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=6673"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:02:46","slug":"trump-shares-critical-update-on-hormuz-blocade-after-irans-move-heres-what-he-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=6673","title":{"rendered":"Trump shares critical update on Hormuz blocade after Iran&#039;s move. Here&#039;s what he said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Donald Trump has said the US naval blockade targeting Iranian ports will remain \u201cin full force,\u201d even as he claimed that the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz is \u201ccompletely open and ready for business.\u201d<\/p> <p>In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that while commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz is unaffected, restrictions specifically aimed at Iran will continue until ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran are fully concluded.<\/p> <p>Writing in all caps, he said the blockade would stay in place \u201cuntil such time as our transaction with Iran is 100% complete,\u201d adding that the process is expected to move quickly since \u201cmost of the points are already negotiated.\u201d<\/p> <p>The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world\u2019s most vital oil transit chokepoints, making any military or trade restrictions in the region highly sensitive for global energy markets. Trump\u2019s remarks suggest a dual-track approach \u2014 maintaining pressure on Iran through naval measures while signalling progress in diplomatic talks.<\/p> <article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <article class=\"media media--type-ckeditor-image media--view-mode-image\"> <\/article> <\/article> <p>The statement comes amid heightened tensions in the region, where concerns over energy security and shipping routes have already rattled global markets.<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said\u00a0that commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will remain fully open during the ceasefire period.<\/p> <p>Making the announcement on April 17 in a post on X (formally twitter), Araghchi said, \u201cIn line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.\u201d<\/p> <p>Following Iran\u2019s announcement that the strait of Hormuz is open, Donald Trump has issued his response in an all caps post on his Truth Social app.<br \/>\u201cIRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE. THANK YOU!\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Following Abbas Araghchi\u2019s announcement, oil prices tumbled sharply, dropping about 9% and extending earlier losses. According to a Reuters report, Brent crude futures fell by $8.46, or 8.5%, to $90.93 a barrel at 1300 GMT.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <p>#Trump #shares #critical #update #Hormuz #blocade #Iran039s #move #Here039s1776434566<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has said the US naval blockade targeting Iranian ports will remain \u201cin full force,\u201d even as he claimed that the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz is \u201ccompletely open and ready for business.\u201d In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that while commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz is unaffected, restrictions specifically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[24927,1198,1772,13877,17747,1526,1012,378,92],"class_list":["post-6673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-blocade","tag-critical","tag-here039s","tag-hormuz","tag-iran039s","tag-move","tag-shares","tag-trump","tag-update"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}