Live: US Military Says It Will Blockade Iranian Ports After Ceasefire Talks End

President Donald Trump said the U. S. Navy would swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz , after U. S. -Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. U. S.

Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at 10 a. m. EDT, or 5:30 p. m. in Iran. CENTCOM said the blockade will be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations.

” It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier in the day, the United States and Iran ended 21 hours of face-to-face talks in Islamabad without reaching a deal , leaving the fate of the fragile, two-week ceasefire still unclear.

The war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets has entered its seventh week .

Here is the latest: Ships have stopped moving through the Strait of Hormuz, says intelligence firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence wrote Sunday that “all traffic” through the Strait of Hormuz stopped after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.

S. would blockade the waterway. It said two vessels that were leaving the strait turned around after the post. A trickle of traffic had returned to the strait in the days since the U. S. and Iran agreed to pause the conflict.

Australia calls for Strait of Hormuz to be open to all Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for the Strait of Hormuz to be open and said the United States had not requested Australian help to blockade it. President Donald Trump said the U. S.