No ships ‘make it past US blockade’ in Hormuz strait in first day: Pentagon

CENTCOM contradicts reports on ships breaking blockade as Trump says US-Iran talks could resume in the next two days.

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The Pentagon says no ships “made it past” the United States military blockade in the Strait of Hormuz in its first 24 hours and six merchant ships followed orders to turn around.

The statement on Tuesday from the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) was the first update since US President Donald Trump announced the blockade of the waterway after US-Iran talks over the weekend in Pakistan failed to yield an agreement on ending the war the US and Israel launched on February 28.

No ships ‘make it past US blockade’ in Hormuz strait in first day: Pentagon

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