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News & Current Events Apr 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM

Iran reimposes 'strict control' over Strait of Hormuz, citing continued U.S. naval blockade

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Iran reimposes 'strict control' over Strait of Hormuz, citing continued U.S. naval blockade
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Iran reimposes 'strict control' over Strait of Hormuz, citing continued U.S. naval blockade
The strait will not be fully reopened “until America allows full freedom of navigation for vessels traveling from Iran,” Iranian military officials said.
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illinformed-will Apr 18, 2026 +19
Can't take this shit anymore
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BOPSurfcasting1 Apr 18, 2026 +8
Strait open, strait closed, strait open, strait closed open close open close open close clopen clopen clopen clopen
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Significant-Colour Apr 18, 2026 +40
"We will blockade it!" "No, we will blockade it!" "WE will blockade it!" "No, WE will blockade it!"
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Important-6015 Apr 18, 2026 +20
Isn’t it more like “We will blockade it!” 10 different threats to open.. .. “Since you’re not responding to our threats we will blockade it too!” “Ok we open” “We still blockade it!” “Ok we blockade again too”
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this_dudeagain Apr 19, 2026 +1
The blockade is for Iranian ports which hasn't changed.
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__MeatyClackers__ Apr 18, 2026 +4
How can you write this four f****** times and not see the typo. BLOCKADE.
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Significant-Colour Apr 18, 2026 +7
To my defense, I wrote it only once. Then I pasted it four times.
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Neither_Owl8671 Apr 19, 2026 +2
Motion overruled,  you may continue 
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katalysis Apr 18, 2026 +2
Believe it or not, strait to blockade
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bbceronimo Apr 18, 2026 +7
“You know what ? We will blockade it even harder. “
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UniversityNew9254 Apr 19, 2026 +1
“You’re going to see the most amazing blockade theres ever been. I’m already getting congrats from former Presidents just thinking about it.”
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BOPSurfcasting1 Apr 18, 2026 +26
Donald Trump: “We’re talking to them. **They wanted to close up the strait again – you know, as they’ve been doing for years** – and they can’t blackmail us.” No they haven't been doing it for years, they only closed it once when you ordered an attack on them..
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Red_River_Metis Apr 18, 2026 +13
It boggles my mind that people trust what comes out of Trumps mouth
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Salford1969 Apr 18, 2026 +4
Stop it already, getting tired of all this winning
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Staltrad Apr 18, 2026 +8
Open one day. Closed the next. Two clowns in a tournament.
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hunkyleepickle Apr 18, 2026 +5
Oh, it’s only one clown and his circus. Iran continues to play the world’s largest economy and military like a fiddle.
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No_Manufacturer868 Apr 18, 2026 +6
Feels like a continual game of tag.
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wet-rabbit Apr 18, 2026 +8
How f****** incompetent must you be to drop the ball this hard? One day you tweet out that the straight is open because you agreed to pay $20b in reparations and promised to pretty please ask Netanyahu to stop killing Lebanese. And the next day it turns out the Iranians are still mad because you block all their ports. Straight is closed again. Like, was this ever a surprise to anyone? They made some sort of agreement to open the straight, but completely forgot to discuss the complete naval blockade? Was there some sort of misunderstanding where "open" and "close" are both "aladeen" in Persian? I don't even care which side is utterly incompetent (though I have a suspicion)... Just get some serious people to work this out.
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Infamous_Copy_3659 Apr 18, 2026 +5
Do you think that the US side has professional translators? or did they fire them in DOGE? It's obvious the Iranians have a good bilingual team, based on the Lego videos.
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Decent-Photograph391 Apr 18, 2026 +6
He’s been stiffing his contractors all his life. His idea of a deal is that he gets 100% and the other party gets nothing. Is it any surprise that he expects the strait to be open and oil starts flowing again, and the Iranians get nothing in return?
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Bluebaronbbb Apr 18, 2026 +1
Nah Drump is just lying the whole way. Nothing will get resolved
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Thurak0 Apr 18, 2026 +2
> They made some sort of agreement to open the straight, but completely forgot to discuss the complete naval blockade? Of course not. It is far more likely that the US broke the agreement and continued to block Iranian ships.
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Amonfire1776 Apr 18, 2026 +2
Why do they use this term control if their own ships can't pass through? Closure is more accurate...
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Impressive_Box4144 Apr 18, 2026 +2
Billionaires taking over the world! Get out the pitch forks and torches.
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luisa65-L Apr 18, 2026 +3
Deploying a blockade to counter an existing blockade is literally just the geopolitical equivalent of saying 'No, u'. The maritime insurance brokers must be having a collective meltdown right now.
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psyon Apr 18, 2026 +3
No it's not.  Iran was allowing ships in and out from their ports.  The US is blocking only the ships going to and from Iranian ports.
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ails_bales Apr 18, 2026 +1
Just send in a mother for these children
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After-Snow5874 Apr 18, 2026 +1
Lmao the f****** Strait of Hormuz has become the perfect encapsulation of the silliness we’re living through.
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Stockengineer Apr 18, 2026 +1
Sums up the dementia
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John_Mark_Corpuz_2 Apr 18, 2026 +1
I don't even know what the F*** is going on there anymore, seriously! There's news that Iran lifted the blockade then immediately see how it again got closed.
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Ambitious_Dingo_2798 Apr 18, 2026 +3
Schrodinger's Strait of Hormuz it is open and closed at the same time at least according to Trump I predict some market manipulation is going on here
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Stockengineer Apr 18, 2026 +3
They never released the blockade, it’s mined. So open meant following their instructions in and out. People being confused with “open” lol
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church-rosser Apr 18, 2026 +1
~ .15 Scaramucci's
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Raven586 Apr 19, 2026 +1
It's OK it'll all be over soon FFS!!
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zippyfan Apr 19, 2026 +2
The main reason why Iran kept the blockade during the ceasefire is because Lebanon was still under fire by Israel. Trump publicly 'dressed' down Israel to stop attacking Lebanon. Israel finally agreed and hence Iran removed the blockade on their part. But for America to continue their blockade after all this suggests to me that America wants to still choke Iran's ability to be resupplied from China and the rest of the world. Even at the cost Iranian gas not coming into the market. They let Russian gas remain unsanctioned to cover the shortfall by however little they can. That and the increased buildup of soldiers near Iran leads me to I think Trump isn't interested in a permanent ceasefire just yet. I think they are giving themselves time to invade Iran proper.
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Purple-Rest7431 Apr 18, 2026
PLS OPEN THE BLOCKADE I NEED MONIES SO BAD. I NEED A GREEN RALLY OR ELSE ILL BE POOR
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Ultra_Metal Apr 18, 2026 -4
Iran continues to commit war crimes and violate international law. Every country should expel the Iranian ambassador and cut off all trade with that criminal regime.
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BOPSurfcasting1 Apr 18, 2026 +12
While pretending the US doesn't commit war crimes and violate international law?
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psyon Apr 18, 2026 -4
Iran has been pulling this c*** with the strait for a long time.  UN countries should have dealt with it a long time ago
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BOPSurfcasting1 Apr 18, 2026 +10
Iran have never closed the strait until this year.
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this_dudeagain Apr 19, 2026 +1
Iran has attempted to close the straight before and hijacked ships long before Trump.
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psyon Apr 19, 2026
No, they never "closed" it, they were just firing on ships in it during the Iran-Iraq war, have threatened to close it many times aside from that, and allowed/funded the groups that attacked ships using the strait to disrupt trade. [https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-stena-impero-uk-sweden-dangerous-jousting-in-international-waters/](https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-stena-impero-uk-sweden-dangerous-jousting-in-international-waters/)
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