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Zorro

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Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:27 PM Apr 20

Iran plans blockade of American blockade of Iranian blockade [View all]

Strategist say counter-counter-counter blockade is 'time-honored naval move'

WASHINGTON — Iran has announced that until a peace deal is signed with the United States, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps will mount a third blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to block any American blockade of Iran's initial blockade, thus preventing the U.S. Navy from having any ships to blockade at all.

“Let’s see how the U.S. Navy likes steaming around in circles in the heat of the Arabian Sea summer," Iran's Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X. "Hydrate often, Great Satan’s swabbies!”

At a press conference, President Trump angrily dismissed the announcement.

“Any Iranian blockading of our blockade on their illegal strait blockage is terrorism against the entire world and the Moon," Trump said. "Which is ours now because we flew around it better than any country thanks to me. We won’t stand for it.”

He added: “We’ve completely defeated Iran. Now we may have to completely defeat them more with what I call it the ‘Big Beautiful Blockade,’ to stop the Iranians from stopping us from stopping them from stopping trade.”

https://www.duffelblog.com/iran-plans-blockade-of-american-blockade-of-iranian-blockade/
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