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By Newsmax Wires - U.S. Central Command announced Sunday that American forces will begin enforcing a maritime blockade of traffic to and from Iranian ports starting Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern time following a presidential directive... According to CENTCOM, the blockade will apply to all vessels entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including those along the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman... The command emphasized the action will be carried out impartially, regardless of a vessel's country of origin.

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Crisis Magazine - When he began his massive assault on Iran, the president was confident in its ultimate success. He had been advised that the Iranian people were deeply dissatisfied with their government and were groaning under the weight of an unwanted clerical autocracy. Furthermore, the country was in political disarray, racked by internal conflict, and would easily capitulate to its attackers, even welcoming them as liberators. Regime change was on the way. Iran would soon be neutralized as a threat.