# US says it can maintain naval blockade of Iran indefinitely

https://mins.news/en/video/22144

- TRT World, 2026-08-14 12:24 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfGkKyAU1g

> The United States says it could keep a naval blockade of Iran in place indefinitely and intensify economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire negotiations have stalled. Hatem Bazian, a professor of Middle Eastern Cultures and Languages at the University of California, Berkeley, offers his assessment.

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