Washington, April 24 -- The US' military pressure on Iran at sea is widening, said Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who stressed Friday that Washington's naval blockade of Iran had now "gone global".
"This growing blockade has also gone global. Just this week, we seized two Iranian dark fleet ships in the Indo-Pacific region that had left Iranian ports before the blockade went into effect," Hegseth said during a press briefing.
"They thought they'd made it out just in time. They did not. We seized their sanctioned ships, and we will seize more. Our blockade is growing and going global."Confirming the number of intercepted vessels prevented from exiting the Strait of Hormuz, Hegseth said the number had now risen to 34 and would likely rise ...