{"id":20481,"date":"2026-04-25T06:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20481"},"modified":"2026-04-25T06:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:25:20","slug":"u-s-defense-secretary-washingtons-blockade-against-iran-will-take-a-global-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/25\/u-s-defense-secretary-washingtons-blockade-against-iran-will-take-a-global-form\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Defense Secretary: Washington\u2019s blockade against Iran will take a \u201cglobal form\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The U.S. Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said that Washington\u2019s naval blockade against Iran will take on a \u201cglobal form,\u201d adding that Tehran was given the opportunity to reach a \u201cgood deal\u201d with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuters, citing Hegseth, reported that if Iran does not take advantage of this opportunity, there is a possibility that pressure could intensify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news agency also quoted three Pakistani sources, saying that talks between Iran and the U.S. on peace may resume soon in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the information, efforts are underway by Islamabad to pave the ground for dialogue between the two countries, in order to reduce the ongoing tensions and create a path toward stability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Tehran and Washington have not officially commented on the potential resumption of such talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The U.S. Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said that Washington\u2019s naval blockade against Iran will take on a \u201cglobal form,\u201d adding that Tehran was given the opportunity to reach a \u201cgood deal\u201d with the United States. Reuters, citing Hegseth, reported that if Iran does not take advantage of this opportunity, there is a possibility that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20481"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20485,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20481\/revisions\/20485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}