Former US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy would immediately blockade vessels entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz. He also stated that the US would interdict any vessel paying a toll to Iran for passage.

US navy will begin blockading ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday. He added that the US would ‌also “interdict” every ‌vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran for passing through the critical waterway. France 24 correspondent Fraser Jackson tells us the latest.