{"id":71789,"date":"2026-04-18T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/71789\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:08:12","slug":"closed-open-closed-why-is-iran-changing-course-on-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/71789\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed? Open? Closed? Why is Iran changing course on the Strait of Hormuz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the clock counting down to the end of a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/article\/3349437\/us-ceasefire-iran-sets-diplomatic-clock-war-powers-deadline-nears?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two-week ceasefire<\/a> with the US on Wednesday, a deal with Washington was still possible and the likelihood of Tehran imposing a toll on the waterway was low, they added.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The assessment came as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Saturday that control of the strait had \u201creturned to its previous state\u201d, saying the US\u2019 continuing naval blockade of Iranian ports amounted to \u201cpiracy and maritime theft\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cUntil the US puts an end to the complete freedom of movement for vessels from Iranian origin to destination and from destination to Iranian origin, the status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain under strict control and in its previous state,\u201d the IRGC\u2019s military command spokesman said, according to Tehran\u2019s Fars News Agency.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-16lwkd e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776277459_159_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Iranians dismiss Trump threats to block Hormuz Strait<\/p>\n<p>Iranians dismiss Trump threats to block Hormuz Strait<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A day earlier, Iran had announced that the waterway was fully open to commercial vessels, a move US President Donald Trump applauded while stressing that the US naval blockade of Iranian ports along the strait \u201cis going to remain\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the clock counting down to the end of a two-week ceasefire with the US on Wednesday, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[383,262,38,26543,2215,34,361,46,37,93,26541,650,26542,101],"class_list":["post-71789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-east-china-normal-university","tag-fudan-university","tag-iran","tag-iranian","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-ningxia-university","tag-pakistan","tag-singaporean","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116426342546816661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}