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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds,Maira Butt and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Iran-US war latest: Hegseth says US can keep up naval blockade ‘indefinitely’ after Tehran vows to prolong war

Defence secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that the US military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely as talks with Tehran hit an impasse over the Strait of Hormuz.

"Indefinitely the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that because we'll rotate ships in and out, as ​we have, and we'll continue to," Hegseth said, adding that he is advising president Donald Trump to keep applying economic pressure on Iran.

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