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U.S. Navy Reroutes 65 Ships Under Iran Naval Blockade
(MENAFN) The US military has diverted dozens of commercial vessels attempting to transit Iranian waters as Washington's naval blockade of Tehran enters its second month, with no sign of easing despite a fragile regional ceasefire still nominally in place.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Tuesday that 65 commercial ships have been redirected and four disabled since the operation began — a sweeping maritime enforcement campaign that is systematically strangling Iran's ability to move oil through its own ports.
"USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) continues operations in the Arabian Sea, including enforcement of the US blockade against Iran," CENTCOM said in a post on US social media platform X.
The blockade, in force since April 13, is the latest front in a rapidly militarized standoff that erupted after US and Israeli strikes against Iran triggered retaliatory attacks from Tehran against Israel and US allies across the Gulf — along with the closure of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
A ceasefire brokered through Pakistani mediation took hold on April 8, though follow-up negotiations in Islamabad failed to yield a lasting agreement. US President Donald Trump subsequently declared the truce would remain in place indefinitely — even as military tensions and maritime restrictions across the Gulf region persist.
The scale of the economic damage being inflicted on Iran is becoming clearer. Last Friday, CENTCOM reported that US forces had blocked 70 tankers from entering or departing Iranian ports — vessels collectively capable of carrying more than 166 million barrels of Iranian oil valued at over $13 billion.
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