Trump says US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran fail

NewsWorldMiddle EastTrump says US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran failTalks collapse without progress as Tehran stands firm on nuclear ambitionsAlex Croft Sunday 12 April 2026 18:31 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2956146","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-us-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-iran-talks-b2956146.html","title":"Trump says US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran fail"}}CloseTrump greets Joe Rogan and Marco Rubio at UFC fight as Iran-US peace talks failOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Middle East","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Donald Trump has declared the US will blockade the Strait of Horm...