US destroyer interdicts two oil tankers trying to leave Iran during Trump's blockade

A U.S. destroyer interdicted 2 lipid tankers that were trying to permission Iran connected Tuesday, a U.S. authoritative said, arsenic portion of the Trump administration’s blockade connected Iranian ports. 

The authoritative told Reuters that the ships near Chabahar larboard connected the Gulf of Oman earlier being contacted by the U.S. warship done vigor communication. The authoritative added that the tankers were among the six vessels that U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday obeyed orders from American forces to crook astir and caput backmost to an Iranian larboard connected the Gulf of Oman. 

"More than 10,000 U.S. Sailors, Marines, and Airmen on with implicit a twelve warships and dozens of aircraft are executing the ngo to blockade ships entering and departing Iranian ports," CENTCOM said. "During the archetypal 24 hours, nary ships made it past the U.S. blockade and 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to crook astir to re-enter an Iranian larboard connected the Gulf of Oman." 

"The blockade is being enforced impartially against vessels of each nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including each Iranian ports connected the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman," it added. "U.S. forces are supporting state of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports."

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U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that "U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are among the assets executing a blockade mission impacting Iranian ports." (CENTCOM)

The Pentagon did not instantly respond Wednesday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital regarding the reported interdiction of the lipid tankers. 

"U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are among the assets executing a blockade mission impacting Iranian ports. The blockade is being enforced impartially against vessels of each nations entering oregon leaving coastal areas oregon ports successful Iran," CENTCOM said Tuesday. "A emblematic destroyer has a unit of much than 300 Sailors that are highly trained successful conducting violative and antiaircraft maritime operations." 

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FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships successful the Gulf, adjacent the Strait of Hormuz, arsenic seen from bluish Ras al-Khaimah, adjacent the borderline with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli struggle with Iran, successful United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo/File Photo)

CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper added successful a connection that "a blockade of Iranian ports has been afloat implemented arsenic U.S. forces support maritime superiority successful the Middle East."

A outer representation shows the Strait of Hormuz, a cardinal maritime transition connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, captious for planetary vigor supply. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

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 Cooper said an estimated 90% of Iran’s system is supported by planetary commercialized by sea. 

"In little than 36 hours since the blockade was implemented, U.S. forces person wholly halted economical commercialized going into and retired of Iran by sea," helium besides said.