President Donald Trump announced the United States is reinstating a naval blockade on Iran. He stated the U.S. will be reimbursed twenty percent on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claimed it had closed the vital waterway following an unauthorized transit. U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged missile and drone attacks over the weekend. This escalation casts doubt on a recent interim agreement to reopen the strait.

President Donald Trump on Monday said the US is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships a “rate of 20 percent on all cargo shipped” through…

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States was reinstating a naval blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.