{"id":63520,"date":"2026-04-11T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63520"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:29:16","slug":"taking-action-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63520","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action In The Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, The Epoch Times<\/a> posted an article about clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Two U.S. missile destroyers started clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz on April 11 as peace talks kicked off between Washington and the Iranian regime, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed.<\/strong>
\n\u201cToday, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce,\u201d CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American ships included the USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112).<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Saturday\u2019s confirmation about the mine clearing came hours after a United States government vessel was spotted entering the Strait of Hormuz, according to the ship-tracking intelligence platform Marinetraffic.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear if this was related to CENTCOM\u2019s mine-clearing mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of a series of posts on Saturday morning, Trump said countries are sending ships to the United States to \u201cload up\u201d with oil as the Iran War has heavily slowed down oil and gas operations in the Persian Gulf.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have more oil than the next two largest oil economies combined\u2014and higher quality. We are waiting for you,\u201d Trump wrote in a separate post on Saturday.<\/strong>
\nThe updates from Trump came hours after Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and adviser and Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, to attend in-person negotiations with Iranian leadership amid a fragile two-week ceasefire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The talks, moderated by Pakistani leadership, were set to begin at around 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, a senior White House official confirmed to The Epoch Times.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on X in Persian that the country\u2019s delegation will guard its interests \u201cwith all its might\u201d and \u201cengage in negotiations with courage.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iranian state media, Press TV,\u00a0reported that Iranian negotiating teams will only extend their stay in Islamabad if they think progress can be made.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have stated before–I am not optimistic. Any peace agreement that takes away Iran’s nuclear program or forces Iran to stop funding terrorism is not going to be agreed on. As long as whatever ruling forces in Iran that are left can hold on to power and fund terrorism, they will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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