{"id":430099,"date":"2026-05-04T16:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/irans-irgc-spokesperson-any-vessel-violating-irans-rules-will-be-stopped-by-force\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:40:18","slug":"irans-irgc-spokesperson-any-vessel-violating-irans-rules-will-be-stopped-by-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/irans-irgc-spokesperson-any-vessel-violating-irans-rules-will-be-stopped-by-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s IRGC Spokesperson: Any vessel violating Iran&#8217;s rules will be stopped by force"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that any vessel violating the Islamic Republic\u2019s maritime rules will be stopped by force. The warning, delivered through the state-linked Fars News Agency, serves as a direct challenge to a newly unveiled American initiative designed to break the maritime deadlock in the region. <\/p>\n<p>This comes in immediate response to an announcement from US President Trump, who announced on his Truth Social account Operation Project Freedom. Framing the mission as a humanitarian gesture, Trump stated that the United States would begin guiding neutral commercial vessels safely out of the Strait of Hormuz starting today.<\/p>\n<p>According to the President, these ships, many of which have been stranded for weeks due to a naval blockade and ongoing regional hostilities, are running low on food and essential supplies. He characterized the crews as innocent bystanders caught in a conflict they did not create and insisted that the US move is an act of goodwill intended to free people and companies that are &#8220;victims of circumstance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the humanitarian framing, the operation carries a heavy military weight. Trump issued a blunt ultimatum alongside the plan, warning that any interference with the process would be dealt with forcefully. This &#8220;safe passage&#8221; initiative seeks to bypass a new maritime regime announced by Iran, which requires vessels to seek explicit permission and follow strict Iranian regulations to transit the Strait. <\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials, including Ebrahim Azizi of the Parliament\u2019s National Security Committee, have already dismissed Trump\u2019s plan as &#8220;delusional&#8221; and warned that any American interference in the Strait would be considered a direct violation of the standing ceasefire framework. This fragile standoff will likely keep oil prices elevated due to escalation risks.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that any vessel violating the Islamic Republic\u2019s maritime rules will be stopped by force. The warning, delivered through the state-linked Fars News Agency, serves as a direct challenge to a newly unveiled American initiative designed to break the maritime deadlock in the region. This comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}