U.S. signals it can keep up naval blockade indefinitely, increase economic pressure on Iran– www.cbc.ca
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The United States on Thursday said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and would ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oil supply is dropping and regional tensions are rising.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told reporters that the U.S. military could keep a naval presence in the region to enforce its blockade of Iran, which has inflicted severe economic damage on the country.
“Indefinitely, the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that because we’ll rotate ships in and out, as we have, and we’ll continue to,” Hegseth told reporters on a trip to Panama.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the United States planned to inflict more financial damage on Iran.