Former U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the U.S. Navy would begin interdicting vessels paying tolls to Iran in international waters. He warned that no vessel paying illegal tolls would have safe passage on the high seas.

I have also instructed our Navy ​to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters ⁠that has paid a toll ⁠to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll ‌will have safe passage on the high seas, says U.S. President Donald Trump