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Trump Announces Hormuz Strait Blockade and Tolls
US President Donald Trump announced a reinstatement of a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and proposed imposing a 20% toll on cargo passing through the waterway for safe passage. The announcement follows failed Iran negotiations and represents an escalation in US-Iran tensions over control of the strategically critical shipping channel.
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Donald TrumpIranStrait of HormuzUnited States
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- Early Edition: July 15, 2026
- Iran vows to keep Hormuz strait closed until the ‘end of America’s evils,’ threatens to block more seaways as Trump reimposes blockade
- US blockade of Strait of Hormuz resumes as Iran continues retaliatory strikes
- Why Iran shut Hormuz after decades of holding back
- Iran threatens to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockade
- Iran-linked vessels pass through Hormuz ahead of US blockade
2026-07-14
- Trump reverses course on U.S. acting as "guardian of the Hormuz Strait"
- Trump abandons Hormuz toll plan, restarts naval blockade
- US restores blockade on Iran after its attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
- US military restores blockade in response to Iran’s attacks on ships on the Strait of Hormuz
- Trump backs away from plan to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz as attacks intensify
- Trump steps back from Hormuz fee plan; new strikes hit Iran
- Trump drops his Strait of Hormuz shipping fee. The Iran blockade is still on
- Trump scraps Hormuz toll plan but presses ahead with Iran blockade
- Trump says US to abandon proposed Strait of Hormuz cargo fee
- Trump backtracks on plan to charge 20 percent fee for ships traveling through Strait of Hormuz
- Trump retreats from Hormuz 20% fee plan in pivot to Gulf investment deals
- Trump backs away from plans to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz as attacks intensify
- The U.S. is set to reinstate a blockade over the Strait of Hormuz
- Iran vows to prevent US from reopening Strait of Hormuz