Iran’s president says U.S. blockade “doomed to fail”

Iran’s president said Thursday that the ongoing U.S. naval blockade of his country’s ports and Iranian-linked vessels was “doomed to fail,” challenging President Trump’s repeated assertions that the economic pressure of the blockade will force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on his terms.

“Any attempt to impose a maritime blockade or restrictions is contrary to international law … and is doomed to fail,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a statement, warning that the blockade initiated on April 13 would be “a disruption to lasting stability in the Persian Gulf.”