Quill Lawrence

Iran has charged a few ships millions of dollars for safe passage.

Now, the U.S.

blockade will likely end that practice.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

U.S.

Central Command states on social media that no vessels headed to or from Iran have passed the Strait of Hormuz since the American blockade began, and that six merchant ships had obeyed U.S.

orders to return back to Iranian ports.

CENTCOM says the blockade will be enforced against any nation's ships and allows free navigation in and out of the Persian Gulf,

except for Iranian ports.

Iran, for its part, has effectively blocked any other commerce through the Strait for weeks, with the mere threat of Iranian mines and drone attacks keeping all but a trickle of shipping anchored in the Gulf.

Iran has charged a few ships millions of dollars for safe passage.

Now, the U.S.

blockade will likely end that practice.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

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U.S.

Southern Command posted grainy videos on social media showing explosions that destroyed two small boats alleged to be smuggling drugs.

Southcom said it notified the U.S.

Coast Guard to search for and rescue one shipwrecked survivor in the eastern Pacific.