{"id":8824,"date":"2026-04-18T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/?p=8824"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:50:15","slug":"irgc-says-strait-of-hormuz-back-under-strict-control-over-us-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/?p=8824","title":{"rendered":"IRGC says strait of Hormuz back under \u2018strict control\u2019 over US blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that control of the Strait of Hormuz has reverted to what it described as its \u201cprevious state,\u201d citing the continuation of a US blockade on Iranian ports. In a statement carried by state broadcaster IRIB, the IRGC\u2019s joint military command accused the United States of engaging in \u201cacts of piracy and maritime theft\u201d under the pretext of enforcing a blockade. The statement said the key shipping lane is now under \u201cstrict management and control\u201d of Iran\u2019s armed forces, adding that the situation would persist unless Washington restores full freedom of navigation for vessels travelling to and from Iran. \u201cUntil the United States restores full freedom of navigation\u2026 the status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain tightly controlled,\u201d the statement said. The latest development underscores ongoing tensions over the vital waterway, a major route for global oil shipments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8825,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeetnews.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}