Trump says will not lift blockade until deal with Iran

President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would not lift its blockade of Iranian ports until Tehran had agreed a peace deal to end the war.

“THE BLOCKADE, which we will not take off until there is a ‘DEAL,’ is absolutely destroying Iran,” Trump said on social media. “They are losing $500 Million Dollars a day, an unsustainable number, even in the short run.”

Traffic has again seized up in the Strait of Hormuz as both Tehran and Washington impose separate blockades.