“We will maintain the blockade as long as necessary”

Specifically, the head of the Pentagon assured that The US Army will bomb Iran’s energy infrastructure if it does not accept an agreement.

“While they recover from the damage, we grow strongers. They only have what they already have,” he boasted, underlining Tehran’s supposed inability to rearm.

The Pentagon proclaimed this Thursday the traffic control at Ormu Passz, where it has forced thirteen boats that were sailing through the area to turn aroundwithout having to board any ship for the moment.

“The The United States Navy controls the traffic that crosses the strait because we have real means and real capabilities, and we are carrying out this blockade with less than 10% of the naval power of the United States. The numbers are clear: we are using 10% of the most powerful Navy in the world, and Iran has 0% of its Navy,” Hegseth said.

Trump’s Secretary of War warned that The US will use force if necessary to enforce the maritime blockade of Iranwhich, according to the military command, goes beyond the Strait of Hormuz and extends to actions against the “dark fleet” that transports Iranian crude oil in other areas such as the Pacific.

“Vessels transiting to or from Iranian ports will be boarded for interdiction and seizure: turn around or prepare to be boarded. If you do not comply with this blockade, we will use force,” Caine said.

Naval blockade of Iran

As he explained, this action “it is a blockade of Iran’s ports and coast, not a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz“and added that “The application of this measure will take place within Iranian territorial waters and in international waters.”

He added that the US, “through operations and activities in other areas of responsibility, such as the Pacific, “will actively pursue any Iranian-flagged vessel or any vessel attempting to provide material support to Iran.”

Caine revealed that “More than 10,000 sailors, marines and airmen, supported by more than a dozen ships and dozens of aircraft” are participating in this operation near the coast of the Islamic Republic.

“Any ship crossing the blockade would have our sailors execute pre-planned tactics designed to use force against that ship and, if necessary, board it and take control. That includes a number of graduated force options, which may include warning shots, among others,” he added.

At the same press conference, Secretary of War Hegseth assured that the United States Armed Forces are prepared to resume attacks if Tehran does not reach an agreement peace with Washington during the current temporary ceasefire.

He Next Wednesday is the two-week deadline for the ceasefire, subject to the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic hydrocarbon route interrupted by Iran in retaliation for the war started on February 28 by the United States and Israel.

US President Donald Trumphas said that the war “is about to end” and that there will be new peace negotiations with Iran after the failure of the first round in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.