DW NewsThe US military says it is successfully enforcing a naval blockade on Iran. According to a post on X by US Central Command, US forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran. Centcom commander Brad Cooper said in a statement that the blockade of Iran’s ports has been fully implemented and that US forces are maintaining maritime superiority in the Middle East. The US blockade comes after Iran effectively shut down shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global waterway for transporting oil and gas. Iran closed the waterway during a month-long war with the US and Israel, which sent oil and gas prices soaring and disrupted the global economy. Some 5,000 people have been killed.
00:15 Statement by CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper on X
00:53 New diplomatic efforts by Pakistan to bring the US and Iran to the negotiating table
01:12 US President Donald Trump on Fox Business Network
01:38 Interview with Ralph Thiele, former colonel in the German army and now head of the security think tank EuroDefense Germany
08:46 Interview with Todd Huntley, a retired Navy captain and Director of Georgetown University Law Center’s National Security Law Program in Washington, D.C., about whether the US blockade of Iranian ports is legal under international law.
