Iran principlists call for ships t be seized in Straight of Hormuz: Press review

Iran principlists call for ships t be seized in Straight of Hormuz: Press review Submitted by MEE correspondent on Thu, 04/23/2026 - 11:51 Meanwhile, BBC Persian faces criticism over alleged pro-Pahlavi bias and a seven-year-old killed in the Minab school strike brings focus to child victims of war A video screen capture said to show the Iranian seizure of the container ships MSC Francesca and Epaminondas in the Strait of Hormuz, broadcast on Iranian state TV on 22 April 2026 (IRIB/Handout via Reuters) Off Principlists urge Hormuz closures, ship seizures to counter US pressure With the US imposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, the conservative Kayhan daily and some members of parliament have called for seizing foreign ships in the Strait of Hormuz and demanding that Yemen’s Houthis close the Bab el-Mandeb strait. On Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump announced a unilateral extension of a ceasefire in attacks on Iran, Kayhan published its front-page headline “The response to the US naval blockade is to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait,” with an editorial by its editor-in-chief, Hossein Shariatmadari. Shariatmadari, a figure close to late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) should continue enforcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.