U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday (April 13, 2026) that any Iranian attack boats that approach the naval blockade he has ordered around the country’s ports will be destroyed, despite international calls for a ceasefire to be respected and negotiations to resume.
The U.S. military said the blockade would begin at 1930 hours IST and apply to all ships leaving or seeking to dock at Iranian harbours, but as the deadline passed there was no announcement that the measure had come into effect, nor sign of any interceptions.
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In a social media post, Mr. Trump said the bulk of Iran’s navy had already been destroyed during the war, but that if any of what he said were Tehran’s few remaining “fast attack ships” approach the blockade “they will be immediately ELIMINATED”.
Mr. Trump announced the blockade on Sunday after a delegation led by Vice President JD Vance returned from a meeting with Iranian officials in Pakistan without having secured a deal to end the war launched on February 28 with deadly US and Israeli strikes on Tehran.
