00:01We're in the third day of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports.
00:05The Trump administration says the action is working so far.
00:08Of particular interest is its effect on China.
00:12Here's Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin.
00:15Think or swim, China responds to U.S. blockade on Iranian ports.
00:22All vessels are advised to immediately return to port at leaving
00:25and discontinued transit to Iran if that is your next quarter call.
00:28U.S. Central Command broadcasting this warning,
00:31announcing that 10 vessels, including 9 oil tankers,
00:35have been turned around since the U.S. blockade began Monday.
00:38Yes, if anyone tries to reach us, we will use the force, they said.
00:43Vessels will be boarded for interdiction and seizure
00:45transiting to or from an Iranian port.
00:47Turn around and prepare to be boarded.
00:49If you do not comply with this blockade, we will use force.
00:52The White House believes the pressure campaign is beginning to work,
00:56with one analyst saying Iran may have just two weeks of oil storage capacity left.
01:01Yes, Iran only has two, three weeks of oil capacity in them.
01:07And after that, it's a loss, a big loss.
01:11I think in a matter of two months,
01:13we're going to see a regime really reaching the point
01:17of not being able to pay salaries and riots and defections within the regime.
01:24The blockade also sends a message to Beijing.
01:26That we have the means and ability to impose cost.
01:31In the crosshairs, U.S. blockade sends message to Beijing.
01:36Beijing, China. Yes, China.
01:39If countries like China decide to take actions that are destabilizing
01:44or would be threatening to our national security interests.
01:46China buys over one million barrels a day in a single day.
01:52Yes, one million barrels per day in crude oil from Iran.
01:5690% of Iran's total oil exports
01:58and is aware that the U.S. Navy could effectively halt Chinese commerce
02:03in the South China Sea.
02:05Yes, the U.S. Navy is halting the Chinese commerce
02:08with the South China Sea.
02:10But we're to enforce a similar choke point strategy there.
02:14Yes, for China.
02:15The Strait of Malacca, the busiest shipping lane on Earth
02:17and the primary energy route for China is often called...
02:21This is happening between Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia.
02:24Strait of Malacca, this is the one, okay?
02:28The Hormuz of Asia, wedged between Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
02:32It links the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea,
02:36handling twice the global trade each day as the Strait of Hormuz.
02:39Yes, twice the global trade as it now happens in the Strait of Hormuz.
02:45Chinese commerce, Strait of Malacca, serves as primary energy route.
02:5125% of the world's oil passes through Malacca each day.
02:56Okay.
02:56It is just two miles wide at its narrowest point.
02:59Oh.
03:00Fox has confirmed exclusive reporting from the Financial Times
03:03that Iran used a Chinese spy satellite
03:05to target U.S. bases in the Middle East last month.
03:09China are helping.
03:10Always, we always know that China is helping Iran to do this all.
03:15The IRGC obtained access to the Chinese satellite
03:19shortly after its launch in late 2024
03:21and apparently tasked it with monitoring U.S. military sites
03:26before and after drone and missile strikes on the U.S. bases.
03:30We know you.
03:30All right, Jennifer.
03:32Thank you, everybody.
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