{"id":80010,"date":"2026-04-19T11:35:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/chaos-erupts-in-hormuz-after-trump-claimed-iran-deal-is-imminent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:35:23","slug":"chaos-erupts-in-hormuz-after-trump-claimed-iran-deal-is-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/chaos-erupts-in-hormuz-after-trump-claimed-iran-deal-is-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos Erupts in Hormuz After Trump Claimed Iran Deal is Imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"bodyItems-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Bloomberg) &#8212; Iran moved to restrict vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in response to the continued US naval blockade, undermining expectations of an imminent peace deal touted by President Donald Trump.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Most Read from Bloomberg<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The Islamic Republic on Saturday broadcast to ships that the waterway was closed to maritime traffic, and one supertanker reported gunfire, according to owners of vessels in the area who asked not to be identified because of the security situation.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Chaos in the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 through which about a fifth of the world\u2019s oil and liquefied natural gas transited before the US-Israel war on Iran began in February \u2014 erupted a day after Iran said the waterway would reopen to commercial vessels. Earlier in the day, Iran rejected a US demand to keep a naval blockade in place until a deal is signed, calling it maritime \u201cbanditry.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The developments upend rising optimism that the sides were nearing a broad agreement to end a seven-week war that has claimed thousands of lives and disrupted energy exports from the Persian Gulf.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->On Friday, President Trump said a deal with Iran may be imminent, adding that he would work with Iran to recover the country\u2019s \u201cnuclear dust.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->But Esmail Baghaei, the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman, told state television that enriched uranium \u201cis as sacred to us as Iran\u2019s soil, and it won\u2019t be transferred anywhere under any circumstances.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The material \u2014 which the US says was buried deep underground after its bombing of Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities during last year\u2019s 12-day war \u2014 lies at the core of efforts to end the conflict, and its fate is central to any broader deal.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Momentum for a lasting peace had been building, with Tehran saying Friday that Hormuz is open for commercial shipping after Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Cracks began to emerge Saturday with Iran\u2019s criticism of the continued US blockade.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The UK Navy soon after said a tanker was approached by Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp gun boats before being fired at, saying that the vessel and its crew were safe.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Several oil tankers made a U-turn Saturday after appearing to try to transit the narrow waterway. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear why they changed course.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Others still sought to seize the opportunity provided by the Friday announcement. The FPMC C Lord, a very large crude carrier laden with Qatari and Saudi crude, sailed south of the Iranian island of Larak and was heading into the Gulf of Oman around mid-Saturday, indicating its destination as Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>   <button class=\"secondary-btn fin-size-large readmore-button    rounded   yf-r7dg9i\" data-ylk=\"elm:readmore;itc:1;sec:content-canvas;slk:Story%20Continues\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;readmore&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Story Continues&quot;}\" aria-label=\"Story Continues\" title=\"Story Continues\"> <span>Story Continues<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\" style=\"display: none\" data-testid=\"read-more\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A handful of other oil carriers are also pointing toward the waterway. Earlier, three LNG carriers and an oil-product tanker \u2014 some of them sanctioned by the US \u2014 headed east into the Gulf of Oman, while a Pakistan-flagged products tanker followed not far behind. Several LNG carriers were also nearing the strait.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cWhile a deal appears to be in sight that may bring an end to the current round of US-Iran hostilities and relief to energy markets, it\u2019s unlikely to result in a full or lasting peace,\u201d Bloomberg Economics analysts including Jennifer Welch wrote in a report. \u201cWe assess any deal will be limited and fragile.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Trump told Bloomberg in a phone interview on Friday that Iran has agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely, and \u201cmost of the main points\u201d in discussions with the country are finalized.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->He denied that the US would release any frozen funds to the Islamic Republic \u2014 a key demand of Tehran that he has long decried.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cI just think it\u2019s something that should happen. It\u2019s something that only makes sense to happen. And I think it will. We\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d Trump said separately on the prospect of reaching a deal with Iran, as he was returning to Washington from a Phoenix event. \u201cI think that is going to be very beneficial. And the main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The president also floated the threat of resuming strikes on Iran once the current ceasefire expires next week. \u201cMaybe I won\u2019t extend it, so you have a blockade, and unfortunately we have to start dropping bombs again,\u201d he said.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Trump\u2019s comments and Tehran\u2019s declaration on Hormuz on Friday were the latest signs the two sides were working behind the scenes on a deal after their first round of direct talks in Pakistan last week failed to yield an agreement.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The war saw Iran retaliate against US bases across the region and strike oil and gas infrastructure belonging to American allies in the Gulf, triggering a global energy crisis.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->GLOBAL REACT: US-Iran Deal in Sight \u2014 Lasting Peace Still Remote<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Oil, fuel and natural gas prices plunged on hopes that the latest developments would mean an end to the war and more energy supplies could transit safely through Hormuz. Brent crude dropped 9% on Friday to around $90 a barrel, wiping out most of the gains it posted since the onset of the war. Diesel prices in the US and Europe were also lower.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In a notable shift, real-world oil prices also eased significantly alongside headline futures prices. On Friday, dated Brent, the world\u2019s most important physical price, fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since March 11. Stocks extended their rally on speculation the war would soon end.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->One proposal under discussion is for the US to release $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in return for Tehran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium, Axios reported, citing two US officials and two additional sources briefed on the talks whom it didn\u2019t identify.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Trump pushed back on that idea in the phone interview, repeatedly saying \u201cno\u201d when asked if he would release the $20 billion.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Pakistani and US officials suggested another round of talks were in the works. Asked if he would travel to Pakistan to sign an agreement, Trump said, \u201cI may.\u201d Iran said it has yet to agree to another round of negotiations.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Many traders and analysts remain skeptical that meaningful crude flows can resume quickly. The US has said the blockade imposed earlier this week on ships traveling to and from Iranian ports remains in place.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In the phone interview, Trump said the US-Iran discussions are a \u201ctotally separate deal\u201d from the Lebanon ceasefire. Still, Israel\u2019s military campaign in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, had been a major impediment to a broader deal. That ceasefire was holding on Saturday.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8211;With assistance from Sara Gharaibeh.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Bloomberg) &#8212; Iran moved to restrict vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in response to the continued US naval blockade, undermining expectations of an imminent peace deal touted by President Donald Trump. 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