{"id":5017,"date":"2026-04-18T18:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:57:18","slug":"strait-of-hormuz-closed-after-us-fails-to-meet-obligations-iranian-state-media-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5017","title":{"rendered":"Strait of Hormuz closed after US fails to meet obligations, Iranian state media claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>We&#8217;re back to where it started<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>The Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state, Iranian media have said, blaming the US for not meeting its obligations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On Saturday, Iran\u2019s military said that the Strait is closed again because the US refused to lift its sea blockade of Iranian Gulf ports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This means the key shipping lane \u201cis now closed again and passage requires IRAN approval\u201d, Iran\u2019s state broadcaster IRIB said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Later, Iranian officials specified that passage was possible with Iranian approval but not for \u201chostile\u201d ships affiliated with the US and Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In practice, very few ships have passed through, as the disruption impacted global economies and sent energy prices soaring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Iran lifted the blockade on Friday, with the country\u2019s foreign minister saying that the Strait was fully open to commercial vessels, reinforcing hopes for an eventual end to the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>US President Donald Trump thanked Iran for opening the Strait but warned that until a deal is reached, the retaliatory US blockade of ships entering and exiting Iranian ports \u201cwill remain in full force\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Strait #Hormuz #closed #fails #meet #obligations #Iranian #state #media #claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back to where it started The Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state, Iranian media have said, blaming the US for not meeting its obligations. On Saturday, Iran\u2019s military said that the Strait is closed again because the US refused to lift its sea blockade of Iranian Gulf ports. This means the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1007,4027,1000,2723,4274,613,1732,671,4197,5200,220,4273,4270,2218],"class_list":{"0":"post-5017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-claims","9":"tag-closed","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-fails","12":"tag-hormuz","13":"tag-iran","14":"tag-iranian","15":"tag-media","16":"tag-meet","17":"tag-obligations","18":"tag-state","19":"tag-strait","20":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","21":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}