Pakistan, April 14 -- The United States Naval blockade begins in the Strait of Hormuz after the deadline of 7 pm (10 am ET). A blockade was imposed on all the ships entering or leaving Iranian ports.

After the deadline, Trump warned on the Truth Social platform about the blockade.

" If any of these ships come anywhere close to our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated," he wrote.

"Iran's Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated - 158 ships. What we have not hit are their small number of, what they call, "fast attack ships," because we did not consider them much of a threat. Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our blocked, they will be immediately eliminated, using the same system of kill...