Centcom: US blockade on Iran resumes Tuesday afternoon

At the direction of President Donald Trump, American military forces will restart operations to block vessels from using Iranian ports and coasts, U.S. Central Command confirmed Monday. Operations will officially resume at 4 p.m. EDT, following a formal notice period for commercial mariners. In addition to restarting the blockade, Trump announced on live television that the United States will become the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil trade route obstructed by Iran during the war. “We’re going to keep the strait and we’ll probably run it. We’ll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe you’ll call it the guardian angel of the strait. And we should be reimbursed for that. When we do that, we’re going to be reimbursed because the other nations are very wealthy. They're on our side and we can't be expected to do that for nothing," Trump told Fox News on Monday morning. _________________ Stay up to date by following our social media: WSBT 22 on Facebook:   / wsbtnews   WSBT 22 on X:   / wsbt   WSBT 22 on Instagram:   / wsbt   For more information, visit https://wsbt.com/ Have a news tip? Send it directly to our newsroom: [email protected] WSBT is an IN based station and a CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates.