- Start
- Apr 13, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
- End
- Jun 19, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
US Navy Begins Blockade of Iranian Ports After Islamabad Talks Fail
- Talks in Islamabad between Vice President JD Vance's delegation and Iran's, led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, ended on 12 April 2026 without an agreement[1][3]
- Vance said the US needed 'an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon'; Iran said the two sides had reached an understanding on a number of issues but not a deal[1]
- Trump said the US would 'blockade' the Strait of Hormuz; CENTCOM limited it to ships entering or leaving Iranian ports, starting at 10 a.m. ET on Monday 13 April, and said other shipping would not be impeded[1]
- By 18 April the US said it had intercepted 23 vessels; the blockade was lifted on 18 June under the Islamabad Memorandum and reinstated on 14 July after the ceasefire collapsed[2]
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- [1]90%npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782538/u-s-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-collapsenpr.org· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Apr 13, 2026 ✓· Ends Jun 19, 2026 ✓· 33% of score
NPR (12 April 2026): 'CENTCOM, on Sunday said the blockade would begin at 10 a.m. ET on Monday' (13 April, 14:00 UTC); Wikipedia[2][3] records CENTCOM announcing the blockade's removal on 18 June.
- [2]75%2026 United States naval blockade of Iranen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
States the blockade began at 10:00 EDT on 13 April and applied only to ships going to and from Iran, that the US said it had intercepted 23 vessels by 18 April, that CENTCOM removed it on 18 June after the memorandum, and that it was reinstated on 14 July.[1]
- [3]72%2026 Iran war ceasefireen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
Records that Vance, Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Islamabad on 11 April, that Vance left on 12 April without an agreement, and that Iran called the entry of US warships near the strait a ceasefire breach.[1]
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