{"id":7522,"date":"2026-04-30T09:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:03:18","slug":"iran-defies-trumps-blockade-as-oil-prices-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7522","title":{"rendered":"Iran defies Trump&#8217;s blockade as oil prices soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>President Donald Trump said that a US naval blockade against Iran could last months &#8211; Copyright AFP\/File RALF HIRSCHBERGER<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AFP teams in Tehran, Washington, Beirut and Jerusalem<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Iran warned the United States on Thursday that its naval blockade was doomed to fail, after President Donald Trump signalled it could be enforced for months to come, in a confrontation wreaking havoc on global energy markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices soared to a four-year high, with Brent crude for June delivery up 7.1 percent to more than $126 dollars a barrel, and Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian responded with a warning that the action would only further destabilise the region.<\/p>\n<p>The United States imposed a blockade on Iran\u2019s ports, while the Islamic republic has maintained its stranglehold over the strategic Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Middle East war in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny attempt to impose a maritime blockade or restrictions is contrary to international law\u2026 and is doomed to fail,\u201d Pezeshkian said, in a statement that warned the blockade that began on April 13 would be \u201ca disruption to lasting stability in the Persian Gulf\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to receive a briefing\u00a0on Thursday on new plans for potential military action in Iran from Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of US Central Command, two sources with knowledge of US planning told news platform Axios.<\/p>\n<p>This week Trump has reportedly told oil executives and national security officials to prepare for a long US blockade designed to force Tehran to surrender its nuclear programme, and, speaking to Axios, said: \u201cThey are choking like a stuffed pig. And it is going to be worse for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday in a social media post that it had reached a \u201csignificant milestone after successfully redirecting the 42nd commercial vessel attempting to violate the blockade\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said there are \u201c41 tankers with 69 million barrels of oil that the Iranian regime can\u2019t sell\u201d, estimating the value at more than $6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces domestic political pressure to end the war, which is unpopular even with much of his base, has increased costs for American consumers and has unnerved US allies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s economy is also suffering and the rial has fallen to historic lows against the dollar. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran has sought to extract a price for being attacked by exerting control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which about one-fifth of global oil typically transits.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018The issue is always nuclear\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, twice turned back last week from trips to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>US officials contend they do not know who is speaking for Iran, whether it is the hardline and increasingly empowered Revolutionary Guards or diplomats, after Israeli strikes killed a series of top leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran residents speaking to AFP journalists in Paris reported a sense of despair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time in recent years that negotiations have taken place, the economic situation of the people has only gotten worse. Sanctions have either started or intensified,\u201d a 52-year-old architect told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue is always nuclear. There\u2019s no talk about people, the economy or freedom. People have the right to not even want to hear the word \u2018negotiation\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Collapse\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Iran proposed easing its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifts its blockade and broader negotiations take place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the Trump administration has insisted that Iran\u2019s nuclear programme be on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has emerged as a key figure since the start of the war, said Wednesday the US naval blockade of the country aimed to create division and \u201cmake us collapse from within\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Violence has continued on the war\u2019s Lebanese front, despite a recently extended ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group that drew Lebanon into the war by firing rockets at Israel. Israel responded with strikes and a ground invasion.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since the ceasefire began, the Lebanese army said on Tuesday that an Israeli strike had targeted its troops, wounding two soldiers in the south.\u00a0Another strike on Wednesday killed a Lebanese soldier, it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael must finally realise that the only path to security is through negotiations, but it must first fully implement the ceasefire in order to move on to negotiations,\u201d Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said.<\/p>\n<p>A UN-backed report said Wednesday more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon were expected to face acute hunger due to the latest war.<\/p>\n<p>burs\/dc\/ser<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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