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Trump reinstates Iran port blockade and vows charge on cargo passing through Hormuz | BBC News

2026-07-13 News & Politics
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries. He said this would stop "Iran's ships or customers" from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but "all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait". The blockade will be in effect from 16:00 Eastern Time (20:00 GMT) on Tuesday. Iran's foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage "should be compensated for this service", but Iran would remain the strait's "GUARDIAN" - using Trump's word. Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait's control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@essentialfix 2026-07-13

Ok.....let me get straight! Trump went to war with Iran over nothing!..........The Strait was closed after......then Iran wanted us (free 🌎 world) to pay for access.......then they both ripped up the peace deal....and now Trump the USA 🇺🇸 wants us to pay for the mess he created? 😅😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂

133 28 replies
@RollSe7en 2026-07-13

So Trump slams Iran for charging a toll and now Trump is also charging a toll. I see. What a moron.

72 12 replies
@Socrates-y4y 2026-07-13

20% is literally highway robbery. Iran was charging a flat fee per tanker that amounted to less than 1% of cargo value.

68 23 replies
@HughCorbyCruick 2026-07-13

Imagine how much money on stocks and futures you can make if you know when the price of oil goes up or down? Thank goodness no one knows tha….wait a minute.

60 4 replies
@ahmadseerat964 2026-07-13

Didn’t his Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a while ago that charging toll to international waterway is illegal

54 14 replies
@hourbee5535 2026-07-13

Blockading the blockade 💡

49 1 replies
@duongthaiha 2026-07-13

It’s Tuesday tomorrow calm down😂

48 3 replies
@LeonardCooper-z3c 2026-07-13

Americans need to take their country back from Israel. It’s bleeding American taxpayers dry.

38 1 replies
@BrianWang-dg8gl 2026-07-13

Trump: It's free, you just pay us 20%. Iran: Were going to charge you, and it's 1-2%.

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@nigeljohnson9820 2026-07-13

It has become a fight between pirates.

22 3 replies

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