{"id":2000119472,"date":"2026-07-17T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000119472"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:54:13","slug":"u-s-says-it-stops-3-commercial-vessels-attempting-to-breach-iran-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/u-s-says-it-stops-3-commercial-vessels-attempting-to-breach-iran-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. says it stops 3 commercial vessels attempting to breach Iran blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CENTCOM said on X that U.S. forces redirected the three vessels, disabled one that failed to comply, and boarded another &#8220;to ensure full compliance with the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces resumed blocking maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Strait of Hormuz and the surrounding waters remain free and open, except for vessels attempting to violate America&#8217;s steel wall blockade,&#8221; CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces have carried out strikes on Iranian targets for six consecutive days after U.S. President Donald Trump last week declared the ceasefire reached in April &#8220;over.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000119474\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. forces resumed blocking maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. forces intercepted three commercial vessels attempting to breach the U.S. naval blockade against Iran, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000119474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[101],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000119472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-internationl","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000119474,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg","alt":"","caption":"U.S. forces resumed blocking maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports on Tuesday.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/1779415892-5266sssjhd.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000119472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000119475,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000119472\/revisions\/2000119475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000119474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000119472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000119472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000119472"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000119472"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000119472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}