CENTCOM contradicts reports on ships breaking blockade as Trump says US-Iran talks could resume in the next two days.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 14 Apr 2026<\/span>14 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Pentagon says no ships \u201cmade it past\u201d the United States military blockade in the Strait of Hormuz in its first 24 hours and six merchant ships followed orders to turn around.<\/p>\n The statement on Tuesday from the US military\u2019s Central Command (CENTCOM) was the first update since US President Donald Trump announced the blockade of the waterway after US-Iran talks over the weekend in Pakistan failed to yield an agreement on ending the war the US and Israel launched on February 28.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n CENTCOM said the blockade applies only to vessels \u201centering and exiting Iranian ports\u201d and other vessels remain free to transit the waterway.<\/p>\n It added: \u201cUS forces are supporting freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.\u201d<\/p>\n The Reuters news agency reported at least three vessels transited the strait during the first 24 hours of the blockade, citing shipping data. They included two tankers sanctioned by the US. The three ships were not heading to Iranian ports, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n However, the AFP news agency and several US media outlets, citing data from the maritime tracker Kpler, reported two ships had transited the waterway after leaving Iranian ports on Monday.<\/p>\n CENTCOM said 10,000 US sailors, Marines and airmen were involved in the operation, along with more than a dozen US warships and dozens of aircraft.<\/p>\n Military observers have widely said US forces have the capability to maintain the blockade for the foreseeable future but the continued pressure increases the likelihood of Iranian attacks. That in turn could see a two-week ceasefire that began on Wednesday collapse.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, any efforts to intercept vessels from strategic foes, including China, could create new escalations. The strategy is also likely to continue to roil global oil markets.<\/p>\n Iran has decried the US approach as \u201cpiracy\u201d while Trump on Monday promised to \u201celiminate\u201d any Iranian ships that seek to break the blockade.<\/p>\n The update on Tuesday came as both sides signalled they would be open to further talks after failing to reach a breakthrough during 21 hours of negotiations between a US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and an Iranian delegation led by parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.<\/p>\n The talks were the highest-level face-to-face contact between the two countries since the 1979 Islamic revolution.<\/p>\n Key unresolved sticking points include control of the Strait of Hormuz, the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and whether the ceasefire extended to Israel\u2019s ongoing invasion and bombardment of Lebanon.<\/p>\n In an interview with the New York Post newspaper on Tuesday, Trump said \u201csomething could be happening over the next two days\u201d in Islamabad as he hailed Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir, who has been among the officials shepherding the negotiations.<\/p>\n Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera\u2019s Ali Hashem said sources stated there are already messages being exchanged regarding what both sides consider to be \u201cbridgeable issues\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIran is open to talks, and it showed that from last week when it went to Islamabad. The main hurdle always is the mistrust, distrust between both sides,\u201d Hashem said.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the Iranians, they\u2019ve been repeating that they\u2019re open. If the Americans want to fight, they\u2019re going to fight. And if they want to talk, they can talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CENTCOM contradicts reports on ships breaking blockade as Trump says US-Iran talks could resume in the next two days. 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