The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) will resume blockading maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports at 20:00 GMT on Tuesday, the command said Monday.
"The resumption of the U.S. blockade against Iran follows the initial implementation from April 13 to June 18," CENTCOM said in a post on X.
"CENTCOM forces redirected more than 140 compliant vessels, disabled nine non-compliant ships, and allowed over 50 commercial vessels supporting humanitarian aid to pass through the blockade during the two-month period," said the command.
Earlier Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that the United States was reinstating a naval blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and would impose a 20 percent toll on all cargo shipped through the strategic waterway.
Trump formally notified Congress on Friday that the United States had resumed military operations against Iran, U.S. media reported Monday.
US Central Command to resume Iran port blockade on Tuesday
Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Monday the country will not let the United States interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
"U.S. adventurism" has "seriously jeopardized the security of the region, international trade and passage of oil tankers," Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the headquarters spokesman, said in a video message carried by Iranian media.
"We do not and will not, under any circumstance, allow the United States to interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz," Zolfaghar said, adding the Iranian armed forces remain ready to respond.
He warned countries in the region that Iran views any cooperation with the United States and provision of logistical support to the U.S. army as acts of war against Iran's national sovereignty and security, saying that in case of the war's expansion, its flames will affect "all regional countries."
Separately, Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, accused the United States of endangering the security of the world's oil and gas supply by interfering in the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
"We will continue to exercise sovereignty and management over the Strait of Hormuz with force, and will compel foreigners and their allies to surrender to the will of the Iranian nation," the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States is reinstating the blockade on Iran, preventing Iranian ships from entering or leaving the strait.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump also claimed that the United States would be the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20-percent charge on all cargo shipped through the waterway, calling it "a matter of fairness."
Iran vows to block US interference in Strait of Hormuz as Trump says "reinstating" blockade
