{"id":696033,"date":"2026-04-22T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=696033"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:19:41","slug":"iran-update-04-22-26-tit-for-tat-assaults-on-shipping-widen-us-intercepts-3-more-illicit-tankers-in-asian-waters-iran-seizes-additional-2-in-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=696033","title":{"rendered":"IRAN UPDATE &#8211; 04\/22\/26 &#8211; Tit-For-Tat Assaults On Shipping Widen: US Intercepts 3 More &#8216;Illicit&#8217; Tankers In Asian Waters, Iran Seizes Additional 2 In Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>At least two fully laden Iranian tankers slip past US naval blockade<\/strong>, amid reports of more going dark, BBG reports, but\u00a0<strong>Pentagon denies<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reports of\u00a0<strong>three more Iranian tankers being seized by US in Asian waters<\/strong>.\u00a0Iran in turn seizes\u00a0<strong>2 more ships in Hormuz<\/strong>, citing &#8220;dangerous navigation&#8221;.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Trump extends ceasefire by 3-5 days<\/strong>, per White House statement to Fox.\u00a0<strong>Third US carrier precisely 3-5 day away from Mideast waters<\/strong>: Fox<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>IRGC\u00a0<strong>seized the MSC Francesca and a Greek-owned ship named Euphoria<\/strong>, which had been attempting to transit the Hormuz chokepoint earlier today.<\/em>\u00a0<i>Within hours,\u00a0<strong>a third ship comes under fire by the IRGC<\/strong>.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><em>Senior Iranian adviser says the US naval blockade is\u00a0<strong>&#8220;no different than bombing&#8221;\u00a0and must be met &#8220;with a military response&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Competing narratives emerge over what Iran calls &#8220;fake news&#8221; as Trump hails &#8220;release&#8221; of 8 Iranian women<\/strong>\u00a0said to be facing death penalty.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/iran-seizes-two-ships-hormuz-chokepoint-tehran-received-some-signs-us-ready-end\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/iran-seizes-two-ships-hormuz-chokepoint-tehran-received-some-signs-us-ready-end<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary At least two fully laden Iranian tankers slip past US naval blockade, amid reports of more going dark, BBG reports, but\u00a0Pentagon denies. Reports of\u00a0three more Iranian tankers being seized by US in Asian waters.\u00a0Iran in turn seizes\u00a02 more ships &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=696033\">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-696033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696033","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=696033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696034,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696033\/revisions\/696034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}