{"id":1210,"date":"2026-04-22T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:08:10","slug":"iran-fires-on-3-ships-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-complicating-efforts-to-resume-us-iran-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/2026\/04\/22\/iran-fires-on-3-ships-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-complicating-efforts-to-resume-us-iran-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz, complicating efforts to resume US-Iran talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the waterway crucial to global energy supplies and complicating already faltering efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war.<\/p>\n

The attacks were carried out by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, according to Iranian media, which reported that the force seized two of the ships and was bringing them to Iran.<\/p>\n

That amounted to an escalation by Iran\u2019s leaders, who appear poised to drive a harder bargain with American negotiators after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran that had been due to expire Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Despite the extension, Trump also seemed to dig in, saying the U.S. would continue to blockade Iranian ports.\u00a0 But if Iran is firing on and seizing ships, how much is the Trump blockade actually working or is it even really in place?<\/p>\n

Hopefully, I am wrong but there does not seem to be any real movement toward peace.\u00a0 Israel is still murdering Christians in Lebanon.\u00a0 Shipments through the Strait of Hormuz at best is still a trickle.\u00a0 Peace talks seem to be mostly off.<\/p>\n

Here is an interesting video that may scare the shit out of you.<\/p>\n