FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin U.S. naval forces are strictly enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports, with United States Central Command reporting that no ships breached it in the first 48 hours. The U.S. has begun enforcing a maritime blockade focused on Iranian ports, effective from afternoon (14:00 GMT) of 13 April. In parallel, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on April 15 targeting 29 entities, including individuals, companies, and vessels, linked to Iranian oil smuggling networks. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Windward: Hormuz shipping is increasingly going dark var jnews_module_21370259_0_6a03b0bfc423d = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370259","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,2929,2647,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id