President Donald Trump said U.S. forces would destroy any Iranian “fast attack ships” that approach the American naval blockade of Iranian ports that came into effect on Monday (April 13, 2026).
“Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED,” Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social network, adding that the rest of Iran’s navy had been “completely obliterated.”
The U.S. military would be “using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea,” the President said, referring to air strikes on alleged narcotics boats off the coast of Venezuela.
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday (April 13, 2026) a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was “holding” and that efforts were underway to reach an agreement after weekend talks failed to do so.
