{"id":1417759,"date":"2026-07-15T07:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/us-declares-naval-blockade-of-iran-after-new-series-of-strikes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:56:17","slug":"us-declares-naval-blockade-of-iran-after-new-series-of-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/us-declares-naval-blockade-of-iran-after-new-series-of-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"US declares naval blockade of Iran after new series of strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of July 15, the US launched a new series of strikes on Iranian military facilities and announced the resumption of a naval blockade of ships heading to or leaving Iranian ports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2077214603713359959\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the US Central Command (CENTCOM).<\/p>\n<p> The command said that the naval blockade was resumed at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (11:00 p.m. Kyiv time). According to the American side, more than 20 U.S. Navy ships and hundreds of military aircraft are currently in the Middle East region.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Currently, more than 20 U.S. Navy ships and hundreds of military aircraft are operating in the Middle East region. American forces remain alert&#8230; and ready to act,&#8221; CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n<p> The US military later announced the completion of the seven-hour operation, which it said hit dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and in coastal areas of Iran.<\/p>\n<p> The Iranian side has not yet released information about possible losses or the scale of destruction.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder,<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ssha-ponovyly-viyskovu-operatsiiu-proty-iranu-tsiny-na-naftu-pishly-vhoru\/\">the United States has resumed strikes on Iran and announced a new military operation<\/a> aimed at limiting Tehran&#8217;s ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Amid the escalation of the conflict, world oil prices have risen again.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of July 15, the US launched a new series of strikes on Iranian military facilities and announced the resumption of a naval blockade of ships heading to or leaving Iranian ports. This was reported by the US Central Command (CENTCOM). The command said that the naval blockade was resumed at 4:00 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1417749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1417759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}