{"id":20068,"date":"2026-04-13T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20068"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:38:01","slug":"centcom-announces-naval-blockade-of-iran-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/centcom-announces-naval-blockade-of-iran-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTCOM announces naval blockade of Iran ports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the start of a naval blockade targeting all ports of Iran, following orders from Donald Trump.<br>In a statement, CENTCOM said the operation would begin on April 13 (U.S. time) and would cover all maritime entry and exit points to Iranian ports.<br>The command noted that the blockade will be applied \u201cneutrally\u201d to all vessels of any country entering or leaving Iranian coastal areas, including the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.<br>However, it clarified that freedom of navigation for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz toward non-Iranian ports will not be obstructed.<br>CENTCOM added that further guidance will be issued through notices to mariners and advised commercial vessels to stay updated and maintain communication with U.S. naval forces via Channel 16.<br>Iranian officials have not yet responded to the announcement.<br>The move comes after the failure of recent talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the start of a naval blockade targeting all ports of Iran, following orders from Donald Trump.In a statement, CENTCOM said the operation would begin on April 13 (U.S. time) and would cover all maritime entry and exit points to Iranian ports.The command noted that the blockade will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20070,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20068\/revisions\/20070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}