{"id":500294,"date":"2026-06-19T04:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/500294\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:48:14","slug":"us-military-says-it-has-lifted-naval-blockade-of-iranian-ports-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/500294\/","title":{"rendered":"US military says it has lifted naval blockade of Iranian ports | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"

CENTCOM says that all blockade enforcement efforts \u2018have ceased\u2019 but that US forces will remain in the area.<\/p>\n

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The United States military says that it has lifted its naval blockade<\/a> of Iranian ports, part of an agreement between the US and Iran suspending military operations during a period of negotiations.<\/p>\n

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Thursday that all US blockade efforts have ceased but that its forces will remain in the area to ensure compliance with the agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday, US forces lifted the blockade on all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, in accordance with the President\u2019s direction. American forces are not impeding the transit of vessels to or from Iranian ports. All US military blockade enforcement efforts have ceased,\u201d CENTCOM, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said in a social media post.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur great Naval Ships will remain in the general area to make sure that all aspects of the agreement are adhered to, obeyed and in full force and effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance<\/a> stated earlier in the day during a White House press briefing that 12.5 million barrels of oil had passed through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> on Wednesday as the US Navy permitted \u201cnorth of a dozen ships\u201d through the US blockade.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council said in a statement on Thursday that the country\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority would facilitate the speedy authorisation of ships seeking to pass through the strait and that measures would be taken to clear mines laid in the waterway during the war.<\/p>\n

Iranian state TV quoted the statement saying that \u201cno fees whatsoever\u201d would be collected during a 60-day negotiation period, but that ships hoping to pass through the strait \u201cmust submit their request\u201d to a new government body.<\/p>\n

Traffic through the narrow waterway that serves as a crucial transit hub for global supplies of oil and gas slowed to a halt during the US-Israel war on Iran, snarling energy markets and threatening to sow chaos through the global economy.<\/p>\n

The fragile agreement suspending fighting could still face numerous obstacles, including Israel\u2019s continued occupation of southern Lebanon<\/a>, Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, and the future status of the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has said it plans to charge usage fees.<\/p>\n

The administration of US President Donald Trump defended concessions to Iran outlined in a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries, including possible economic relief to help the country recover from the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that when people get to understand not just the agreement, [but] our negotiating posture as a country, they will realise this is an excellent thing for the American people,\u201d Vance said on Thursday, defending the agreement from domestic critics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CENTCOM says that all blockade enforcement efforts \u2018have ceased\u2019 but that US forces will remain in the area.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1153,54,42,43,40,38,41,39,1032,1156,162198],"class_list":["post-500294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-conflict","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}