CENTCOM Starts the Iranian Blockade Monday

America awoke Sunday to discover that President Trump had a contingency plan for the nearly sure failure of Vice President JD Vance’s diplomatic mission (see New: Peace Talks With Iranian Regime Have Failed, Vance Gives Details From Islamabad – RedState) to end the warfare with Iran on phrases that are politically and militarily acceptable to the U.S. President Trump, utilizing Truth Social as his platform, announced that the Hormuz Strait was closed:

So, there you have got it, the assembly went effectively, most factors had been agreed to, but the only level that actually mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will start the course of of BLOCKADING any and all Ships attempting to enter, or depart, the Strait of Hormuz. At some level, we’ll attain an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” foundation, but Iran has not allowed that to occur by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that no one is aware of about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, particularly the United States of America, will never be extorted. I’ve also instructed our Navy to search and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an unlawful toll may have protected passage on the high seas. We will also start destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceable vessels, will likely be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran is aware of, better than anybody, how to END this scenario which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are ineffective, Khamenei, and most of their “Leaders,” are useless, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will start shortly. Other Countries will likely be concerned with this Blockade. Iran won’t be allowed to revenue off this illegal Act of EXTORTION. They need money and, more importantly, they need Nuclear. Additionally and, at an acceptable second, we’re totally “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will end up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

My colleague Nick Arama coated the announcement in Here We Go: Trump Announces Major US Action in Strait to Shut Down Iran – RedState.

There are shifting components to this directive, and some of them appear complicated.

1. The U.S. Navy will blockade the Strait of Hormuz and stop any ship from getting into or leaving. From the perspective of scale, there are about 1,900 ships in the Persian Gulf ready to depart and at least 800 ships in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman ready to go through Hormuz.

2. Closing Hormuz means blockading ports in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE.

3. No one appears sure how to determine which ships paid a “toll” because the required currencies, crypto or renminbi, had been chosen to permit anonymity.

4. The blockade also raises questions on how the U.S. may deal with a ship from a pleasant nation in search of to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Sunday night, U.S. Central Command revealed a public directive on how the blockade will likely be enforced.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces will start implementing a blockade of all maritime visitors getting into and exiting Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET, in accordance with the President’s proclamation.

The blockade will likely be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations getting into or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM forces won’t impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.

Additional data will likely be supplied to industrial mariners through a formal discover prior to the start of the blockade. All mariners are suggested to monitor Notice to Mariners broadcasts and contact U.S. naval forces on bridge-to-bridge channel 16 when working in the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz approaches.

This offers much-needed readability.

The Navy will implement a blockade of Iranian ports in the “Arabian Gulf” and the Gulf of Oman beginning at 10 a.m. Monday. Be conscious that the U.S. Navy made the change of nomenclature, a lot as President Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico, in 2010; however, it still chaps Iranian asses when they see it.

United States, division of protection and intelligence group haven’t acknowledged the time period Persian Gulf and referred to it as the Arabian Gulf since Desert Storm. Though this is not the first time Iranians have been upset over this back in 2010 the U.S. Navy Style Guide online… https://t.co/zilX3BYbsV pic.twitter.com/CT98exGsnX

— Intelschizo (@Schizointel) April 12, 2026

The announcement signifies that pleasant ships will likely be blocked from getting into Iranian ports along with the rogue tankers trading in bootleg Iranian crude oil.

The message implies that some type of escort or patrol system will likely be established to coordinate passage with the U.S. Navy relatively than the IRGC.

There are some other components that have not been outlined yet. For occasion, will Iranian tankers at sea be truthful recreation for seizure? 

FAQ: “Why?”

We imagine that Iran has moved its floating oil storage to the Gulf of Oman so that it will possibly better regulate exports amid turbulence. They are also positioning these barrels as far-off as potential from Kharg in case one thing does influence tanker loadings at the island.

— TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) April 11, 2026

Approximately 12 Iranian supertankers are stuffed and stationary in the Gulf of Oman awaiting dispatch. Will we depart them alone or spherical them up?

There is a growing consensus that Iran has not mined the Strait of Hormuz, and we might like to keep it that means. My assumption is that we’ll actively, kinetically stop any attempt to mine the Strait, but that shouldn’t be spelled out. U.S. demining efforts continue. To the best of my data, that is being accomplished by UH-60S helicopters with mine countermeasures packages being flown from destroyers in the space. President Trump has said some Gulf nations will be part of the demining effort, but there’s no dependable data to verify this.

How, precisely, will we implement the blockade if a Chinese tanker decides to bull its means through? I’m assuming this contingency, as effectively as how to deal with Chinese warships if this scenario persists long enough, and I would not count on USCENTCOM to announce them, but this is one thing we needs to be on the lookout for.

President Trump says, “Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade.” At this time, the only takers appear to be the UAE and Bahrain. The UK, Germany, and Australia have refused to help, and France appears possible to be part of that group.

An added bonus is that a third Carrier Strike Group has entered the Eastern Mediterranean.

🇺🇸USN TRACKING: CSG-12 Location Confirmed
Even with the deliberate delays on Eastern Med imagery, an Apr 10 go finally dropped and definitively solutions the whereabouts of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).

🔸Caught CSG-12 during an UNREP day. CVN-78 is pulling up alongside (or… pic.twitter.com/IYUM36FbJe

— MT Anderson (@MT_Anderson) April 11, 2026

Anyway, go time is 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, and we’ll get solutions to our questions then.

For a long time, former presidents have been all discuss and no motion. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the menace from Iran once and for all.

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