blockade

Central Command announced that the blockade of Iranian ports began at 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Under the U.S. blockade, Iran’s shipments of crude and condensate fell to roughly 280,000 barrels a day in May, from over 2.2 million in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Central Command said the blockade would be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations” entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Rodríguez added it would prevent the government "from guaranteeing basic services to the population, which are already in a critical situation as a result of the blockade".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The word quarantine, he’d decided, sounded less warlike than blockade.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Iran’s oil exports have been greatly reduced after the U.S. imposed naval blockades of Iranian ports, though it is unclear how long that will remain the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

When the capital came under siege by Islamist fighters, they managed to impose a partial blockade there and total blockades elsewhere including the city of Ségou.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Kirchner, one of them, wanted to engage in acts of civil disobedience, such as blockades of OpenAI’s offices, to bring more attention to the cause, according to Elmore and others in the group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The blockades, which strangled supplies of food, medicine and fuel to the administrative capital La Paz and other cities, have since been taken down by security forces.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

As we drove past the burning blockades, it felt like we were inside an oven.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Trump has said his priorities for any deal include stopping Iran from any nuclear weapon development and re-opening the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio insisted on Tuesday that the blockaded strait would reopen "one way or the other".

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

The government, which has been flying food into the capital since May 10, announced it will seek to open blockaded highways around La Paz on Tuesday for a six-hour period to establish a "humanitarian corridor."

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

A pipeline from the oilfields of Abu Dhabi runs to Fujairah, allowing limited amounts of crude to be loaded on to tankers and shipped to world markets despite the strait being effectively blockaded.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

The 101st Long Range Air Regiment, as well as bombing, helped bring supplies by air to the blockaded and starving city of Leningrad.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

ICE reported a half-dozen arrests outside the facility after masked agents used force against protestors who they said were blockading the entrances to the facility.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

Instead, he sought a middle road by blockading Iran’s oil capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

But Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday: "I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it."

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

The blockading of "critical national infrastructure" had "resulted in fuel shortages that are directly impacting on emergency services such as hospitals, the ambulance service, and the fire service", he said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

The British believed that by blockading German shipping lanes and seaports, they could starve Germany into submission.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman