Strait Of Hormuz Blockade Aimed At Squeezing Iran Financially

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz is aimed at squeezing Iran’s economy by millions in daily oil imports and exports. As the blockade continues, the State Department hosted the first round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon as senior Hezbollah officials announced they will not abide by any agreements made in the negotiations. Meanwhile, Pakistan has proposed hosting a second round of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad this week, just ahead of the current ceasefire expiring. FOX’s John Saucier speaks with Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and Senior Director of FDD's Iran program, who says the actions taken in the Strait have been a possible bargaining tool against Tehran for a while, but only now has been a real option. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.1	Tuesday, April 14th, 2026.
0:42.2	I'm John Sassier.
0:43.8	Operation Epic Fury has turned into a de facto battle of the Strait of Hormuz.
0:48.1	With Iran threatening tankerships in the Keywaterway,
0:50.6	now the United States has blockaded Iranian ports
0:53.2	and hoping of starving them out
0:54.9	economically and forcing them back to the negotiating table to end this war. But despite a ceasefire,
1:00.8	the war is still on and the battle for leverage is playing out on the international stage.
1:05.5	Make no mistake. Going for the jugular, the straight-of-hormoos, that is the Islamic Republic's
1:10.0	nuclear option. That was
1:11.5	their user-lose-it. And now they've just entertained it and their proxies were barely able to stop
1:16.8	the international community. This is the Fox News rundown, Operation Epic Fury.
1:34.4	The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz intensifying his peace talks between the United States and Iran are expected to continue.
1:39.7	Vice President J.D. Vance, he got together with Iranian officials in Pakistan this past weekend.
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