{"id":624571,"date":"2026-04-22T23:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624571\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:56:11","slug":"ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-seized-by-ircg-trump-extends-ceasefire-indefinitely-israel-lebanon-talks-in-washington-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624571\/","title":{"rendered":"Ships in Strait of Hormuz seized by IRCG; Trump extends ceasefire indefinitely; Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation, has condemned attacks on shipping after Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, seizing two and taking them to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Trump said the United States would continue to blockade Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two boys paddle-board in the sea as ships are anchored near the shoreline on April 22, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2682504e76cda37c416a97afad1b41123f89883e.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Two boys paddle-board in the sea as ships are anchored near the shoreline on April 22, 2026.Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attacks on and seizures of commercial ships are unacceptable,\u201d Dominguez said, urging an immediate halt and the release of vessels and crews. He warned that the situation remains \u201cextremely volatile\u201d and questioned why companies risk seafarers\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20,000 seafarers remain at sea after seven weeks, uncertain when they can return home, he added.<\/p>\n<p>AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation, has condemned attacks on shipping after Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard fired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-624571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}