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In exchange, Tehran sought an end to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, sanctions relief and access to frozen Iranian assets, according to reports.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

It has also maintained a blockade of Iranian ports, causing a huge disruption to the Iranian economy.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Tehran is eager to avoid a repeat as Washington’s aggressive campaign of economic sanctions and a blockade of Iranian oil exports starts to bite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

While that truce collapsed in July, the two sides have opted for asymmetric tactics over the resumption of direct attacks, with the United States maintaining a full naval blockade of Iranian ports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

There, Horace Hunley and his partners intended to operate the submarine as a privateer, helping the Confederacy break the blockade the North had placed on Southern ports.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

Paz on June 20 declared a state of emergency after nearly two months of opposition road blockades over his handling of Bolivia's worst crisis in four decades.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The memorandum also includes lifting U.S. and Iranian blockades in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

He backed a law paving the way for a state of emergency which would authorize military deployment to repress the movement and clear the blockades.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

She wasn’t sure what the mosasaurus was capable of, though she’d heard of them being used to ram warships during the naval blockades down south.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

But Iran had effectively blockaded the key waterway, and just 25 nautical miles from Hormuz, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied permission for the vessel to proceed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

Iran has blockaded the waterway since the war began.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Protesters have blockaded entry routes into La Paz, shops have shuttered for fear of violence, and food, medicine and fuel supplies are running low.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

“What is there to buy in Biafra? They have blockaded us kpam-kpam.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

That means at least six more weeks of blockading Iran’s ports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

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

It is blockading energy shipments and supplies for fertilizer and manufacturing and threatening theme parks and cultural sites worldwide through its proxy network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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