Iran signals re-closure of Hormuz as it rejects uranium transfer abroad
Iran signals re-closure of Hormuz as it rejects uranium transfer abroad Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 04/18/2026 - 10:52 Tehran denies Trump claim that 'nuclear dust' would be retrieved, as ships cross waterway before Iran threatens to close it over US naval blockade People walk near an anti-US billboard on a building in Tehran, Iran, on 16 April 2026 (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani) Off Iran has denied US claims that it agreed to transfer its enriched uranium abroad and threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz again if Washington’s naval blockade is not lifted, as a handful of vessels began transiting the strategic waterway on Saturday. On Friday, President Donald Trump said the US would maintain a naval blockade on Iranian ports, imposed earlier this week, until a final agreement between the two countries is reached. The blockade was imposed in response to Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran ended on Thursday following a US-brokered 10-day ceasefire to halt Israel’s war in Lebanon.
