U.S. Pounds Iranian Targets After Blockade Reimposed; Trump Adds 20 Percent Transit Fee for Ships

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JERUSALEM, Israel – The military pressure on Iran is intensifying as President Trump announces a renewed blockade in the Strait of Hormuz while U.S. forces continue striking Iranian targets. The military carried out another wave of strikes on Monday and Tuesday, hours after the president announced the U.S was reinstating the blockade aimed specifically at Iran in the Strait. Speaking at the White House, Trump vowed to keep up military pressure on the Tehran regime. “We're hitting them very hard. We had a deal yesterday, or the day before yesterday; it was all done. ...But we're knocking out all of their offensive capability. And we're controlling the Straits; we're putting the blockade back, and it's a blockade not for anybody but Iran," he said. Despite the renewed military action, the president insisted that the door to diplomacy remains open, but he cautioned that any agreement depends on the Iranian leaders' willingness to negotiate. Read the full story from CBN's Joshua Swan

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