Trump said the efforts to guide ships out of the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for “a short period of time,” but the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect.

Iran has “not even begun yet” in the standoff over the critical waterway, a top official warned after Tehran attacked ships that were part of the new American "Project Freedom."…

President Donald Trump said he is pausing "Project Freedom," the U.S. military's bid to guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said the efforts to guide ships out of the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for “a short period of time,” but the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect.

Washington is maintaining a blockade of Iran's ports in a bid to pressure Iran to make a deal to end the war that the US and Israel launched on February 28. Trump, on April 8,…

US president says he is pausing US effort to guide stranded vessels out of the strait of Hormuz but blockade remains

The reversal came just two days after the president said the U.S. would guide vessels from neutral countries out of the strait.

While the military operation to escort ships in Strait of Hormuz is on hold, the US says the blockade on Iran will remain

The US administration has decided to suspend Project Freedom, an operation facilitating vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz, pending clarity that Iran deal negotiations…

Trump pauses military operations in Hormuz, citing progress in Iran negotiations, warning of increased bombing if no deal is reached.

The US president pauses the military operation to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz two days after he announced it.

Forty-eight hours after launching an operation to escort ships through the strategic waterway, the US president suspended it, citing progress in negotiations with Iran.

There are signs of fresh momentum to end the war, but Trump himself has injected a note of caution.