Trump clarified the timeline for the start of the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military will begin the blockade of ships traveling from and to Iranian ports through the Strait of Hormuz on April 13 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 p.m. Astana time). U.S. President Donald Trump wrote about it in the social network TruthSocial.

"The United States will begin the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports on April 13 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time," Trump clarified.

CNBC and The Wall Street Journal note that amid the failure of talks with Iran in Islamabad, Washington is also considering new "limited" strikes on Iran. The two-week truce announced by Trump on the night of April 7-8 is expected to remain in effect for at least another week.

Since Trump announced the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, at least two oil tankers have attempted to cross the waterway, Bloomberg writes - New Future, which has no proven ties to Iran, and Auroura, a vessel under U.S. sanctions because of ties to Iranian oil supplies. Whether their attempts were successful is unknown.

Trump announced the blockade by the U.S. military of ships that sail from and to Iranian ports through the Strait of Hormuz or have paid Iran a fee for transit through this waterway late in the evening of April 12. He took such a step after 21-hour talks involving U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance with Iranian representatives in Pakistan's Islamabad ended in nothing, with Washington accusing Tehran of refusing to curtail its nuclear program. Iran, in turn, called the U.S. demands "excessive" and, among other things, continued to insist on maintaining its control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Against this background, at the opening of trading on April 13, the cost of Brent crude oil with delivery in June jumped by 8% to $103.87 per barrel, at the time of publication it slowed to 7% (worth $101.96). North American WTI contracts also jumped at an intraday high to $105.63 a barrel. At the time of publication, they were trading at $104 - up almost 8% from the close on April 10.

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