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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T03:44:07.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that a US naval blockade against Iran could last months, driving oil prices to their highest level in more than four years.\n\nThe statement came as diplomacy between Washington and Tehran remained stalled, and as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Trump of \"damaging consequences\" if the US and Israel resume direct strikes on Iran.\n\n#### How long could the US blockade of Iran last?\n\nSpeaking to Axios, Trump said Iran was \"choking like a stuffed pig\" and that conditions would get worse.\n\nUS Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday on X that it had reached a \"significant milestone after successfully redirecting the 42nd commercial vessel attempting to violate the blockade.\"\n\nIt said there are \"41 tankers with 69 million barrels of oil that the Iranian regime can't sell,\" estimating the value to more than $6 billion.\n\nA White House official said Trump discussed with oil executives the possibility of continuing the blockade \"for months if needed\" while minimizing the impact on American consumers.\n\nTehran has insisted the blockade must end before any deal can be reached.\n\n#### Why are oil prices rising over the Iran blockade?\n\nBrent crude futures rose 7.6 percent on Wednesday to $119.69 per barrel, the highest price since the early weeks of the Ukraine war in 2022. Iran has sought to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly one-fifth of global oil supply typically passes. That threat to supply has rattled energy markets and pushed prices sharply higher.\n\nMeeting with oil executives on Tuesday, Trump argued that blockading Iranian ports was more effective than bombing them.\n\nThe White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Trump discussed steps to sustain the blockade while limiting the burden on US consumers. Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the blockade was designed to create division and make Iran \"collapse from within.\"\n\n#### What is the diplomatic situation between the US and Iran?\n\nDiplomacy has repeatedly broken down. Top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, twice abandoned planned trips to Pakistan last week to negotiate with Iran. Washington says it is unclear who speaks for Tehran, whether the increasingly powerful Revolutionary Guards or diplomats, after Israeli strikes killed several senior Iranian leaders.\n\nIran has proposed easing its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for Washington lifting the blockade and agreeing to broader negotiations. The Trump administration has viewed that proposal with skepticism. Putin's warning to Trump added another layer of pressure on a conflict already straining US alliances.\n\n#### How is the Iran war affecting US allies and global relations?\n\nTrump lashed out Wednesday at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, threatening to reduce the number of US troops in Germany. Berlin has refused to back the war in Iran or contribute to a peacekeeping force in the Strait of Hormuz. Merz had earlier said Iran was \"humiliating\" Washington at the negotiating table, drawing Trump's public anger.\n\nThe United Nations Development Program warned that the conflict could push more than 30 million people into poverty across 160 countries, partly due to soaring fertilizer prices. \"It's development in reverse,\" UNDP chief Alexander De Croo told AFP. The Iranian rial has also fallen to historic lows against the dollar.\n\n#### What are Iranians saying about the blockade and negotiations?\n\nResidents speaking to AFP journalists in Paris reported growing despair.\n\n\"Every time in recent years that negotiations have taken place, the economic situation of the people has only gotten worse,\" a 52-year-old architect said, speaking on condition of anonymity.\n\nHe added that negotiations had always centered on the nuclear issue, with no attention paid to ordinary Iranians or economic conditions.\n\n#### What is happening on the Lebanon front of the war?\n\nViolence has continued in Lebanon despite a recently extended ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group that drew Lebanon into the conflict by firing rockets at Israel.\n\nFor the first time since the ceasefire took effect, the Lebanese army said Tuesday that an Israeli strike had targeted its troops, wounding two soldiers in the south. A second strike on Wednesday killed another Lebanese soldier.\n\nLebanese President Joseph Aoun said Israel must fully implement the ceasefire before any path to negotiations becomes viable.\n\nA UN-backed report released Wednesday said more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon were expected to face acute hunger as a result of the latest phase of the war.",
  "title": "Trump warns Iran blockade could last months, sending oil soaring"
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