{"id":58862,"date":"2026-04-18T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58862"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:40:49","slug":"iran-re-closes-strait-of-hormuz-accuses-us-of-maritime-piracy-as-war-threats-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58862","title":{"rendered":"Iran Re-Closes Strait of Hormuz, Accuses US of &#8216;Maritime Piracy&#8217; as War Threats Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has announced the full re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with the spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya military headquarters telling <strong>dzwatch<\/strong> that the strategic waterway will remain under direct Iranian Armed Forces control with heightened surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson stated that Tehran had previously shown &#8220;goodwill&#8221; during ongoing negotiations, permitting limited oil tankers and commercial vessels through the strait \u2014 but accused Washington of continuing acts of &#8220;piracy and maritime seizure&#8221; under the pretext of a naval blockade, forcing Iran to reimpose full control.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States has violated its commitments once again,&#8221; the spokesperson told <strong>dzwatch<\/strong>, adding that restrictions will remain until Washington guarantees unimpeded movement of Iranian-linked vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump stated he received &#8220;good news&#8221; regarding Iran, while simultaneously threatening renewed military strikes if no agreement is reached before Wednesday&#8217;s ceasefire deadline. &#8220;We have a blockade, and unfortunately we may have to start bombing again,&#8221; Trump warned.<\/p>\n<p>A temporary two-week truce brokered by Pakistan was declared on April 8, following a war that erupted on February 28. A first round of talks in Islamabad concluded without a final agreement, with a second round potentially scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has announced the full re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with the spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya military headquarters telling dzwatch that the strategic waterway will remain under direct Iranian Armed Forces control with heightened surveillance. The spokesperson stated that Tehran had previously shown &#8220;goodwill&#8221; during ongoing negotiations, permitting limited oil tankers and commercial &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58864,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58862\/revisions\/58864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}