New Delhi, April 15 -- Days after US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Central Command on Tuesday (local time) revealed how the blockade is being carried out.

In a post on X, it said, "More than 10,000 U.S. Sailors, Marines, and Airmen, along with over a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft, are executing the mission to blockade ships entering and departing Iranian ports. During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade, and 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman."

The US Central Command noted that no Iranian ships will be allowed in or out of Iranian ports, and that this is being im...