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[Regnum] The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln entered the Gulf of Oman and is located east of the Strait of Hormuz. This was reported on April 13 by the British television channel BBC, citing an analysis of satellite imagery.
According to the channel, the ship is located 200 km off the coast of Iran. Two escorting destroyers were also spotted near the aircraft carrier.
"This is the closest location to the Gulf of Oman where a nuclear-powered warship has been observed since the conflict began," the report states.
On April 12, US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy had begun blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would stop all vessels attempting to transit that route. He accused Iran of extortion by demanding tolls for passage through the strait and ordered the detention of vessels that had paid Tehran.
The Central Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces responded by stating that if the security of the Islamic Republic's ports were threatened, all ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman would be unsafe. Tehran also called the naval blockade of Iran piracy.
On April 13, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the conflict in the Middle East is still far from resolved, as the US and Iran have failed to reach an agreement. Furthermore, the outcome of the blockade of the Iranian coast remains unclear, he added.
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China stressed the importance of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz
Free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is in the interests of the entire world.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated this on April 13 in response to US President Donald Trump's threat to restrict shipping in the region.
He noted that the root cause of the problems with maritime trade in the strait is the escalation around Iran, and the solution lies in an immediate ceasefire.
"The Strait of Hormuz is an important international trade route for goods and energy, and maintaining its security, stability and unimpeded movement is in the common interests of the international community, " the diplomat was quoted as saying by China News.
On April 12, Trump announced that the US Navy had begun blockading any ships attempting to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump also noted that the talks between US and Iranian officials in the Pakistani capital on April 11 were successful, but the key nuclear issue remained unresolved. He claimed that Iran was impeding free navigation by threatening to plant mines. Trump called this "global extortion" and ordered the US Navy to search for and detain vessels that had paid Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to destroy mines in the strait's waters.
Following the conclusion of the talks in Islamabad, US Vice President J.D. Vance stated that an agreement had failed because the Iranian side had not accepted the terms proposed by Washington. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in turn, noted that the US had failed to gain Iran's trust during the negotiations.
One of the main topics of the talks was control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant portion of global oil exports passes. According to American media, it was disagreements over this point that led to the negotiations reaching an impasse. According to this theory, Iran is demanding control of the strait and the right to charge tolls to ships for passage, rejecting US proposals for joint control.
US positions warships in region as it moves to enforce naval blockade of Iran
[IsraelTimes] CENTCOM tells seafarers it’s still working out how blockade ‘will be applied in practice,’ warns ships trying to leave or enter Iranian ports without permission are subject to capture
The US military on Monday detailed the boundaries of its Strait of Hormuz blockade, saying it would extend east to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, while ship-tracking data showed two ships turned around in the strait as the blockade went into effect.
In a note to seafarers about the blockade that seeks to take control of the strait away from Iran, the US Central Command said: "Any vessel entering or departing the blockaded area without authorization is subject to interception, diversion, and capture."
"The blockade will not impede neutral transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz to or from non-Iranian destinations."
The blockade began at 10 a.m. US Eastern Time on Monday.
Data from the MarineTraffic tracking service showed the tanker Rich Starry, which departed Sharjah anchorage off the coast of Dubai on Monday heading for China, turned back minutes after approaching the strait as did a second vessel, the Ostria. Those tankers can carry oil and chemicals.
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two oil tankers linked to Iran
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exited the Gulf on Monday via the strait ahead of the planned US blockade, shipping data from Kpler and LSEG showed.
The tanker Aurora is laden with Iranian oil products, while the New Future tanker is carrying diesel loaded from the Hamriyah port in the United Arab Emirates, Kpler data showed.
They were among at least eight ships that transited the strait on Monday before the blockade.
According to Kpler, an oil products tanker that loaded in a United Arab Emirates port and three dry bulk ships that left from Iranian ports exited the strait while two Pak oil products tankers and two dry bulk ships entered the strait.
US President Donald Trump
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announced the blockade following the breakdown of weekend talks to end the six-week-long war between the US and Iran, sending oil prices back above $100 a barrel.
The blockade adds to uncertainty around how ships will transit the crucial waterway, used to move one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies, with experts saying that enforcing it will require a sustained commitment of US Navy ships and personnel, as well as clear guidance from the Trump administration and the Navy’s legal department.
The US has 16 warships in the Middle East, a defense official said. A second defense official said no warships are in the Persian Gulf — the body of water that forms most of Iran’s coastline. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations.
The second official pointed to a notice to mariners as a more accurate representation of the military’s plans. It says access to Iranian ports is being restricted, but the ways these measures "will be applied in practice ... are in development."
According to US officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal, the American military is expected to attempt to intercept or quarantine fat merchantmen on either side of the Strait of Hormuz to block them from Iranian ports, requiring special forces such as the Navy SEALs to deal with vessels that refuse requests to board.
The US military note said the blockade would include all of Iran’s coastline but humanitarian shipments including food, medical supplies, and other essential goods would be permitted, subject to inspection.
"The immediate effect will be a sharp drop in fresh fixture activity for any voyage with Iran exposure, and a broader hesitation even for non-Iran cargoes moving near the Strait," said Shohruh Zukhritdinov, a Dubai-based oil trader.
International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told news hounds the US blockade would extend a halt to ship traffic in the strait since the conflict began. Dominguez said 20,000 seafarers and around 1,600 vessels were stuck in the Gulf.
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