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US to blockade Iranian ports, risking wider war over Strait of Hormuz

US‑Iran talks in Pakistan have collapsed as Trump announced the blockade of Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday afternoon, stoking war fears and pushing oil prices sharply higher.

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00:00The U.S. military has announced it will impose a total blockade of all Iranian ports from
00:04Monday afternoon, fueling fears of a wider war and sending global oil prices surging.
00:10The move follows the collapse of high-level negotiations in Pakistan over the weekend.
00:15U.S. President Donald Trump stated the blockade is necessary to clear the Strait of Hormones
00:19of mines and ensure it remains open to international shipping, insisting that Tehran must not be
00:25permitted to profit from its control of the waterway.
00:29Iran's Revolutionary Guard had already warned that they maintain full control of the Strait,
00:34threatening to trap any military challenger in what they describe as a deadly vortex.
00:39Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally backed the decision, confirming that
00:44his government is in full coordination with Washington.
00:48Meanwhile, Pakistan acting as the primary mediator has called on both sides to honor the fragile
00:53two-week ceasefire, which experts now say is at risk of a total collapse.
00:57Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is a United States of Australia.
00:59Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has been attacked by the national side of the
01:01Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has been attacked by the American Sea of Government,
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