{"id":694689,"date":"2026-04-08T21:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=694689"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:43:55","slug":"iran-tightens-its-grip-on-hormuz-despite-cease-fire-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=694689","title":{"rendered":"Iran Tightens Its Grip on Hormuz Despite Cease-Fire &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Only 4 ships passed thru Hormuz today \u2014 Million dollar tolls must be paid in crypto or Chinese Yuan.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Trump demanded opening the strait. Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard is limiting ship traffic and charging tolls<\/h4>\n<p>Iran told mediators it would limit the number of ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz to around a dozen a day and charge tolls under the cease-fire struck by President Trump, showing Tehran plans to tighten its grip on the world\u2019s most important energy-shipping lane. Ships that pass will have to coordinate with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Four ships were allowed to pass Wednesday, the fewest so far in April,<\/strong><\/em> according S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence. Iran is requiring ships to work out toll arrangements ahead of time and then pay the fees in cryptocurrency or Chinese yuan, mediators and shipbrokers said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cprsm#selection-931.0-941.269\">https:\/\/archive.is\/cprsm#selection-931.0-941.269<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 4 ships passed thru Hormuz today \u2014 Million dollar tolls must be paid in crypto or Chinese Yuan. Trump demanded opening the strait. Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard is limiting ship traffic and charging tolls Iran told mediators it would limit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=694689\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=694689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694690,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694689\/revisions\/694690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=694689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=694689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}