The United States confirmed that it will not impede the freedom of navigation for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the naval blockade of Iran, announced by Trump, will begin on Monday at 10:00 AM Eastern Time USA. The blockade will be applied neutrally to ships of all countries entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal zones. The United States began the blockade of Iranian ports, and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) had announced that the naval blockade of Iran, announced by Trump, would begin on Monday at 10:00 AM Eastern Time USA and would be applied neutrally to ships of all countries entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal zones. The United States confirmed that it will not impede the freedom of navigation for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that despite intensive US and Israeli military strikes to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities and uranium enrichment programs over five weeks, Tehran still possesses centrifuges and a site that could be capable of enriching uranium, according to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran also retains a stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium that is near-weapons-grade, half of which is buried in containers in a deep tunnel under the Isfahan nuclear site. According to reports, Trump had considered a military operation to seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium in the final weeks of combat. However, such an operation would be complex and dangerous.
